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"You have made too many sacrifices for France!"
Moved to confusion, Director Le Roy acknowledged that, had he been the one awarded, he certainly wouldn't have given it up easily. Yet, His Highness the Crown Prince had graciously offered it to another, merely based on the reputation of the Supreme Louis Award.
He remarked, "In fact, several judges and I believe that even the literature prize should have been awarded to you. I've read your 'The Master of Besties' and the intriguing plot made it so that I could not even taste my food."
Although those novels bore the name of a "bestseller," over time, people had come to know that they were in fact works of His Highness the Crown Prince.
Joseph felt even more embarrassed; it was an outright plagiarism, truly shameful...
