““The Monsean queen is grieving terribly for Grandfather Tealiff,” Giddon said. “A Monsean merchant spoke of it.” “I’d heard she wasn’t eating,” Katsa said. It seemed to her a foolish way to grieve. “There’s more,” Giddon said. “She’s closed herself and her daughter into her rooms. She permits no one but her handmaiden to enter, not even King Leck.” That seemed not only foolish but peculiar. “Is she allowing her daughter to eat?” “The handmaiden brings them meals,” Giddon said. “But they won’t leave the rooms. Apparently the king is being very patient about it.””
