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her; his letter even said so. It took forever to get to bed, and it took even longer to get to sleep. She got almost no sleep at all, but was up early, running on pure excitement. Locating Captain Johnson of the Royal Guard, she told him to prepare to move out as soon as possible. She told him to ready the supplies to travel to the Northern Military Training Center. He wasn’t used to taking orders from her, but he saluted and said, “Yes, Your Highness,” looking quizzically at Lieutenant Richins, who just shrugged. She went in and asked the cook to prepare lots of food, and the largest batch of honey candy she had ever made. The shocked cook said it would take a couple of hours, but it would be ready. By then, everyone knew that Alexander was gone. It didn’t take a great imagination to know what Louise was up to either. The question in everyone’s mind was whether she had the king’s permission. Before her parents awakened, she had the whole castle hopping. After preparations were well underway, she went to find Lady Margaret and Duke Reginald, who were just exiting their quarters. Lady Margaret’s eyes were red and swollen. Alexander would not have left without telling his parents good-bye, and their sorrow showed in their faces. As they came from their room, could see everything around the castle flying at high speed, and Louise waiting for them, they looked at her questioningly. She knew this seemed all backwards, but she was going to do it anyway. 113