The day of the Royal Meet, boats clog the river in anticipation of getting a glimpse of the Queen as she passes by on the royal barge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ahead of her passage, a sleek craft cuts through the water to make way for the royal personage and her retinue. The craft is rowed by a dozen young sailors with a coxswain at the prow calling commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Disaster strikes when the lead craft rams into a submerged ditch, driving the prow deep below the surface. With the barge following so closely behind at speed, there is no time to avoid capsizing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The queen and most of her handmaidens are lost, drowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bedlam on the shore, mourning populace walking among the sodden victims arrayed on stretchers as evening falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elsewhere, in a darkened office, I hear discussions as a royal successor is selected\u2014one of my colleagues, Cecelia, has been chosen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is young, quiet, reserved, and kind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A surprising choice but not unsuitable for the role soon to be thrust upon her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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