Lizzie maintained her silence. Reason being that she needed to spare herself a minute or more to deliberate on a clever answer to give to Oletha.
The truth remained that she could not say to her openly how she had gotten to see this man from the time wherein she'd stayed by the King's (Briceus' ) bedroom balcony.
It was a subject she felt rather embarrassed to talk to Oletha about.
Besides, who said she needed to oblige herself to give her any answer in the first instance?
Thus decided on the approach to take, Elizabeth allowed her soft lips to drift apart to afford her the chance to say what she needed to say to Oletha.
"The time is far spent already. Don't you think so, Oletha? I suggest we resume our tour of the inside walls of the Castle seeing as we would have to end it the minute we get informed of the Princess' arrival," said Elizabeth.
