Aiwass didn't leave the Hall of Silver and Tin in the middle of the night; instead, he stayed over.
Long ago, Queen Isabel had prepared a room for Aiwass. And the items that Aiwass had burned while reading the "Morning Crow Scripture" had all been replaced.
After all, tonight there would certainly be many people coming to mourn at the Gryphon Bridge. Some from the Round Table Hall would surely be there to block him.
Aiwass didn't want to face those outside and figured it was wise to avoid trouble for himself.
The next day, the national morning papers published the news of Her Majesty the Queen's death.
There were over three hundred named newspapers in Avalon. Among them were some official ones and some not so official. But no matter their usual style of reporting, today they all had to faithfully report the news of Queen Sofia's passing and Queen Isabel's accession to the throne.
