“Now your father loses both of you together. He could get rid of your mother, remarry, and get himself another heir, but he doesn’t need a baby, he needs a full-grown heir who can fend for himself and support his father.” “You have no evidence against Dite. I won’t give you any.” “And my barons might not like evidence dragged out of your screaming mouth?” the king asked. “I will retract my confession. I can deny that I ever made it.” “You have a point. But I have one, too. I have many of them, sons and nephews of barons, all standing here on the verge of being banished for what even

