The forthcoming Coronation

"Please don't, don't hit me here!" With tears in my eyes, I implored Leon, with a sense of wrong in my heart, and a fear that he would really do what he wished to do directly here. I could not imagine what it would be like to have my naked body seen by passers-by, and I did not dare to think about it. "Are you scared?" Leon's thumb touched my cheek, and a tear was wiped away by his finger. "Don't worry, I'll save this punishment for my wedding night! Now, go back to your room at once! Do you understand?" "Obey, Your Majesty!" My lips quivered, and the moment I turned away I felt Leon's keen eyes still upon me. I went nervously to my room, and Leon did not come until late in the evening. So I secretly tried to ask Lola if Leon would come over to-night, and I was really afraid that he would burst into my room and punish me in his own way. Now Lyon is so cold that I am frightened. Lola, however, told me that Leon was still in the banqueting hall, for the dance was not yet over. Lola even