Princess Marionette prohibited her entourage from following her further into the garden and instructed them firmly that they should stay in the lobby while they waited for her to come back. Despite the reluctance that her servants have felt, they did not dare to defy their master and indeed spent their time inside the castle.
As for me and the princess, we started setting our foot to the stone pathway leading towards the royal garden at the front porch of the castle. Gardeners are, by now, busy with watering these precious plants and flowers growing in here. Upon seeing us, they did not hesitate to bow down their heads and we immediately acknowledged that with a curtsy nod on our part and then walked past them.
Princess Marionette has the brightest smile plastered on her gorgeous, angelic face when her eyes saw her favorite flower-- which is roses. Red, to be exact.
