Well, what with one thing and another, three years passed.
"That was quick," Lina remarked.
"Well, it was full of boring court stuff, like the Chelm thing. If you really want to know what it was like, next time we're in Sailoon I'll hunt up Great-Aunt Ermengarde's diaries and you can read all about the fuss when Mother married Daddy -- or when Uncle Christopher married Aunt Ethel."
What with one thing and another, three years passed.
"Now, what was it... oh, yes... Chapter Five. The Announcement... "