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ELIZA (Getting rather bored, she ventures into the castle looking for Blandamour. Instead, she is immediately greeted by the Queen.)
QUEEN MARGOT "You must be the Princess Eliza that I have heard arrived with Sir Blandamour. Welcome! May I ask whom your father is, and why you are serving as the esquire of the bold knight? It would seem to be below your station."
ELIZA (She curtsies, being rather astounded that she remembers how.) "Your Highness, I thank you for your greeting and your welcome. As to my place, none is too humbled for an exiled princess whose kingdom is in chaos. My father, now dead, was Cedric, King of the Marches. I am very greatful to Sir Blandamour for taking me in and giving me the chance to be his esquire."
QUEEN MARGOT (Flushes) "Well, that rather explains it, does it not? I am glad, though, that Sir Blandamour will have you along when he rescues my daughter, for you will be there to make sure that she is treated with the respect due her station."
ELIZA (Taken rather aback) "Well... certainly... but Sir Blandamour would never take liberties, I assure you."
QUEEN MARGOT (beams) "Thank you so much. Now, if you will excuse me, I have duties." (She sweeps away. Eliza is puzzled. Does she think that the girl is reclining on a silk pillow in the dragon's clutches?)
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