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Authors: Fay Weldon
Long Live the King (40 page)
First published in the UK in 2013 by Head of Zeus Ltd.
Copyright © Fay Weldon, 2013.
The moral right of Fay Weldon to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.
This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN (HB): 9781781850602
ISBN (TPB): 9781781850619
ISBN (E): 9781781853030
Printed in Germany.
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Contents
Adela Annoys Her Father
A Letter to the Countess from the Duchess
Oh What Care I for Your Goosefeather Bed?
The Gathering Storm
The Invitations Arrive
Breakfast at Yatbury Rectory
A Deed Once Done
Whose Fault?
Rosina Complains to Minnie
Ivy’s Sweetheart
An All-Consuming Fire
The Rescue of Adela
A Journey to Wells
His Lordship Fights Back
Adela Settles In
Adela in the Moat Room
The Dilbernes’ Christmas
Christmas at Dilberne Court
George and Ivy’s Christmas
‘I Woke,’ Said the Queen, ‘I Worried.’
On Boxing Day
The Collect for the Day:
Breakfast at Belgrave Square
The Funeral
Minnie’s Alarm
A Clash of Admirers
The Search for Lost Invitation Cards
Adela Manages
A New Career for George
A Prime Minister in Waiting
Who is Fairest of Us All?
A Trip to Bath
Minnie’s Condition
His Lordship Passes By
Frank’s Wooing of Adela
Ivy and Frank at Doreen’s
A Late Breakfast
The Abduction of Adela
New Horizons
Isobel and Consuelo Seek Common Cause
Mrs Baum Waits
Panic and Confusion
Earning a Living
A Meeting of the I.D.K. Club
Next Year in Jerusalem
A Struggle with Belief
A Night at the Savoy
Carlotta Turns Seventeen
The Coronation Looms
Lady Isobel Waits
A Queen is Dressed
The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Men
A Room Set Aside
The King is Dead – Long Live the King!
Happy Ever After: A Postscript