"However, it doesn't change the fact that you didn't obey a direct order—an order given to you by my knight. Thomas is one of my own, you see. Should he ever give you an order on my behalf, I expect you to carry it out to the fullest."
Rose nodded her head. "I apologize, Your Majesty."
"What do you say?" Caius asked with a frown, not liking that she was quick to apologize but didn't seem to agree with his words.
"It won't 'appen again, Your Majesty," she replied with her head still bowed. "I will follow your order to the letter." Rose tried to keep anything that might show defiance or disapproval from her face.
"Good," Caius replied, the frown on his face easing. "I will let this go, this one time. Tomorrow he will be back. I'd better hear a good report."
"Yes," Rose replied dryly as she returned to the game.
