Dec 29, 2011
A little of her power of speech came back to her, and she croaked, "I have hidden all my life." Something like a smile glimmered in Arlbeth's eyes. "Do I not know this? I have thought more and more often of what I must do if you did not stand forth of your own accord. But you have—if not quite in the manner I might have wished—and I shall take every advantage of it."
The Hero and the Crown, Robin McKinley