As soon as those words resonated in Sigrid's hearing, she immediately calculated who the thick macho voice belonged to but she had her doubts…
Why should the King appear in the maiden's room so suddenly and when had he made his entry that they both had not noticed? Was he intentionally silent with his footsteps? Pondered the Court lady as a myriad of assumptions completely corrupted her thinking.
Slowly, she then determinedly lifted her head from her initial bent position where she sat. Once she saw that it was the King and that he was just five feets away from Elizabeth and also the fact that the maiden in question stayed frozen, she thought different.
