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    couldn''t meet him now.


    one more day wouldn''t possibly create issues, right? Blanche prepared to explain that she was feeling unwell and would go to bed early. But she stopped quickly as soon as she remembered how careful Theodore was when he suspected that someone was sick. He always called the royal doctor to check on her, no matter how small the suspected issue was. Once he had told Blanche that this was a precaution because he feared that the people around him could have been poisoned. If she didn''t want to unnecessarily worry him, she couldn''t use this excuse.


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