Here's chapter 2, sorry i haven't updated all week but i've been busy with exams and that so i hope you like it and give kind reviews : ) And i also forgot to say that credit for the King and I goes to Roger and Hammerstein, except my OC, enjoy!


The royal guards went from tall, hulking men to crouching on the floor in a bowing position with their heads down and hands clasped together in front of them. The Kralahom came aboard the ship, as he came down the steps a small man wearing a red hat, purple silk shirt and dark red trousers bowed to him like the guard's were, then he stood up and shuffled across the floor to the Kralahom's right side then kneeled with his head down but eyes facing his excellency awaiting instruction. The captain introduced us then his excellency gave a command to the small man who shuffled on his knees towards us;

"Sir, you are lady who will be school mistress of the royal children?" he asked, sir? did i hear him right because he's talking to mother and she's a lady, that's very odd.

"Yes" answered mother as if she didn't hear his mistake,

"He called you sir" me and Louis whispered to her but she hushed us and turned back to face the man on the floor.

The man asked a series of personal questions then passed mother's answers on to his excellency in their native language, but then he asked question that involved our father which I knew mother couldn't bare to answer so she told the man to tell his excellency he has so right to go digging into her personal affair and should only be concerned about her reason for being in Siam. The captain tried to stop her but she hushed him so the man passed that message onto the Kralahom and was rewarded with a kick to the side "I don't like that man" whispered Louis and I agreed, that was no way to treat a human being;

"In foreign country it's best you like everyone until you leave" said a mystery voice which turned out to be the Kralahom, he can speak English? Why didn't he say so before?

"Well at least you might have told us you speak English, your excellency" said mother speaking my thoughts,

"It's not necessary for school teacher to know everything at once, you come with me now your packages shall be carried to palace later" he said as he turned and was ready to walk away, the palace did he say? i thought the king promised us our own house?

"Wait just a minute, not the palace I'm not living in the palace" said mother, once again speaking my thought.

"Who say?" he said as he turned around quickly resting his fists on his hips

"The King say...um says. In his letter of agreement he promised me £20 a month and a house of my own outside the palace walls"

"King do not always remember what he promise" he said with his head held high

"Then you'll have to remind him"

"If I tell King he break promise I will make anger in him. I think is better if King's anger reserved for more important matters" he said with a horrible sneer

"Very well then, if your are afraid to tell him I will, I shall like to see him at once while there is still time for me to return to England, on this boat if necessary"

"King very busy now"

"Your excellency, all I want is a few minutes audience with him. I have come to work and I intend to work but I shall take nothing less than what I have been promised"

"You will tell King this?" he asked pointing straight at mothers face

"I will tell King this!"

"It should be very interesting meeting, you come now!" he said with a smug look, he clapped his hands twice and he, the soldiers and the little man scampered off the ship and back to the royal barge.

"If you wish to change your mind ma'am?" said the captain

"Goodbye captain and thank you for everything" said mother as they shook hands

"Goodbye captain" said Louis and I at the same time as we also shook his hand

"Goodbye laddie, lassie take good care of your mother now" and we took our mother's hands and left the ship to join the kralahom, once we were on land his excellency was carried on a small thrown by the soldiers and we followed him through the town and all the way to the palace.