Ashley looked at the Palace getting smaller as the carriage got farther away. She gaped, her eyes opened a bit widely and almost twisted her neck, still looking at it.
She couldn't believe how big the Palace actually was... Getting farther away from it made her realize that it resembled a city! The tall towers which were mostly white and the different chateaus decorated the area like it was a villa. The most interesting fact of all was that it was placed on top of a plateau!
She was so amazed that almost every advice given by the Marchioness, who was seated beside her, would go inside her left ear and go out to her left.
Fortunately, all her admonitions were said by her beforehand. So there wasn't any important detail that Ashley failed to pick up. It was just about establishing good relationships with the nobles... Blah.. blah.. Blah. This and that...
