not feeling well. still have to work they say, until I collapse. not enough energy to write
~karlie
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
11/19
Oh
My
Word
I cannot believe what the Princess told me. It seems there are adventures after all, mother. I came to her room a little early, as she had requested. When I got there she was reading Anna Karenina. No Joke. She asked me to sit down. Yes, asked. So I sat down, and she told me to keep what she was about to tell me a secret, yada yada, blah blah, all that stuff. I agreed and she told me this.
Her whole spoiled brat act is just that... an act. She says she hates doing it, that she isn't really like that. She says she cringes every time she gives an order. Naturally, I asked her why she did it & she said it was because she wants the engagement broken off. She explained it like this...
She longs for Kayn. She says Balren is nice, but it is no home. She says that was her first reason for wanting 'disengagement' (is that a word? It is now!) Secondly, she says that she has never wanted to be a princess. She always wanted to be a writer. She says she grew up thinking that she wouldn't have to be a princess.
You see Kayn & Balren used to be bitter rivals. But the current rulers got fed up with the fighting, and so decided, early in their reigns, that their (first eligible) first-born children would marry, thus cementing a treaty. The Prince was born, and three years later a princess was born in Kayn. This Princess went missing when she was only 10 months. The Queen and King of Kayn lived in denial, believing she had been taken away for safe-keeping, hidden even from them. But when the Prince reached 21 they realized that the oldest princess wasn't coming back in time (um, yeah...) and so the duty of betrothal fell to the next oldest, Princess Latria. She had grown up being taught that her sister was coming back, so she had not been prepared for being the Crown-Princess.
She says the only way she can think of getting disengaged, without being thrown in jail, is being a brat. She believes that if she is horrible enough the Prince will let her go. She said she hates it because he is so kind, and he at least tries to be loving, but she continues anyway. I couldn't tell her that he will never let her go, not only for her sake, but for the sake of his (and her) countries. Kicking her out meant the treaty was off, and he would never even dream of that.
After her shocking revelation we still had to go to lunch. Lunch went by rather uneventfully, except for one bit. The Prince announced to his parents that the wedding, and all its pre-festivities (about a month of parties), was to be held in Kayn. When he said this the Princess stopped with her fork clichefully mid-air and her jaw open. She gasped out a thank you before returning to her character and her food, and the Prince smiled triumphantly.
~Karlie
My
Word
I cannot believe what the Princess told me. It seems there are adventures after all, mother. I came to her room a little early, as she had requested. When I got there she was reading Anna Karenina. No Joke. She asked me to sit down. Yes, asked. So I sat down, and she told me to keep what she was about to tell me a secret, yada yada, blah blah, all that stuff. I agreed and she told me this.
Her whole spoiled brat act is just that... an act. She says she hates doing it, that she isn't really like that. She says she cringes every time she gives an order. Naturally, I asked her why she did it & she said it was because she wants the engagement broken off. She explained it like this...
She longs for Kayn. She says Balren is nice, but it is no home. She says that was her first reason for wanting 'disengagement' (is that a word? It is now!) Secondly, she says that she has never wanted to be a princess. She always wanted to be a writer. She says she grew up thinking that she wouldn't have to be a princess.
You see Kayn & Balren used to be bitter rivals. But the current rulers got fed up with the fighting, and so decided, early in their reigns, that their (first eligible) first-born children would marry, thus cementing a treaty. The Prince was born, and three years later a princess was born in Kayn. This Princess went missing when she was only 10 months. The Queen and King of Kayn lived in denial, believing she had been taken away for safe-keeping, hidden even from them. But when the Prince reached 21 they realized that the oldest princess wasn't coming back in time (um, yeah...) and so the duty of betrothal fell to the next oldest, Princess Latria. She had grown up being taught that her sister was coming back, so she had not been prepared for being the Crown-Princess.
She says the only way she can think of getting disengaged, without being thrown in jail, is being a brat. She believes that if she is horrible enough the Prince will let her go. She said she hates it because he is so kind, and he at least tries to be loving, but she continues anyway. I couldn't tell her that he will never let her go, not only for her sake, but for the sake of his (and her) countries. Kicking her out meant the treaty was off, and he would never even dream of that.
After her shocking revelation we still had to go to lunch. Lunch went by rather uneventfully, except for one bit. The Prince announced to his parents that the wedding, and all its pre-festivities (about a month of parties), was to be held in Kayn. When he said this the Princess stopped with her fork clichefully mid-air and her jaw open. She gasped out a thank you before returning to her character and her food, and the Prince smiled triumphantly.
~Karlie
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
11/18
I got a new duty today. I suppose it really just fits under 'assisting the princess'. At tea time today I was called in to chaperone the princess and prince at tea. Apparently they cannot be together alone. Even though the prince can be with ANYONE else including the servants. If I was her I would dress as a servant to meet him. Not because they want to do anything bad, just to have some privacy. I mean my goodness! It was rather embarrasing being the chaperone too.They were each seated in large armchairs, tilted slightly but not completely towards each other. My chair was placed in the middles of those two, and slightly behing, so my legs were between them.
At least the Prince didn't seem to hate me today. He merely nodded and gave me a friendly smile. The Princess was atrocious. First she complained about the temperature of the tea, and ordered me to go get some that was warmer. When I (calmly) explained how I wasn't allowed to leave the room she started screaming about the uselessness of servants! When the Prince finally got her calmed down he asked her how the wedding dress was going. This set her into a tirade on how the dressmakers here are nothing as good as the ones in Kayn, and how we should be having the wedding there. The Prince then said that the wedding could be moved to Kayn, if she really wanted that, and he would see to it immediately. She seemed dumbfounded by this, and it took minuted before she started throwing another fit about something else.
It continued like that for another 30 minutes. By the end of the hour I was exhausted, and the Prince didn't look much better, but he gave her a kiss on the cheek and told her he loved her and that he would see at lunch the next day. When he left she collapsed on the chair and told me to leave. But she also told me to come earlier than I usually would tomorrow when I helped her get ready for lunch, as she has something to tell me. I cannot imagine what.
~Karlie
At least the Prince didn't seem to hate me today. He merely nodded and gave me a friendly smile. The Princess was atrocious. First she complained about the temperature of the tea, and ordered me to go get some that was warmer. When I (calmly) explained how I wasn't allowed to leave the room she started screaming about the uselessness of servants! When the Prince finally got her calmed down he asked her how the wedding dress was going. This set her into a tirade on how the dressmakers here are nothing as good as the ones in Kayn, and how we should be having the wedding there. The Prince then said that the wedding could be moved to Kayn, if she really wanted that, and he would see to it immediately. She seemed dumbfounded by this, and it took minuted before she started throwing another fit about something else.
It continued like that for another 30 minutes. By the end of the hour I was exhausted, and the Prince didn't look much better, but he gave her a kiss on the cheek and told her he loved her and that he would see at lunch the next day. When he left she collapsed on the chair and told me to leave. But she also told me to come earlier than I usually would tomorrow when I helped her get ready for lunch, as she has something to tell me. I cannot imagine what.
~Karlie
Monday, November 23, 2009
11/16
A cold I do not have, but another exhausting day I did. (man I am getting tired of writing that.) There are no adventures here, mother, just hard work. I pray that Tayla was right about it only being a 'First month' thing. aye aye aye
~Karlie
Sunday, November 22, 2009
11/15
I believe I am getting a cold. I have almost completely lost my voice. Today was another completely exhausting day. Tayla says the first three weeks, or first month is the hardest. She says they work you to see how much you can take. I won't quit, but I am honestly not sure how much more I can take.
~Karlie
~Karlie
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