While Maria had been finishing up dinner with her family and the Dubois brothers, Henri had been in his room reading the letter from his family.
His family knew how seriously he took his potential to marry the Greek princess, so he knew that they would have only written if it were something serious.
This caused him great panic, and he practically had run down the hall to get to his room to have some privacy.
By the time he got there, his fingers were shaking as he tried to untie the string and unroll the parchment.
