His hair was jet black, and although she couldn’t see his face clearly, she had seen through her veil that his eyes were a startling sapphire blue. He was in slacks, white shirt, and tie clearly his jacket had been discarded elsewhere. Shelby stopped attending at this point and simply watched him. “Murdock,” he began genially, “I have to make a change on the schedule. She was glad that she’d just swallowed the toast in her mouth, or she might have choked. She was still in the midst of all these thoughts about the day before when the prince walked into the kitchen. Her desire was to be convicted of sin and to change to be more like Jesus Christ, even if it hurt. While she knew dozens of people who went to church because it made them feel good, Shelby didn’t want that. She had enjoyed it very much and been convicted several times. Having grown up with a deaf father, she had been able to follow every word but soon chose to look at the pastor and concentrate on her notes. She deliberately sat far over on the right-hand side so she could see the man signing at the front. Yesterday she had come into church on her own, gaining stares that told her many people had seen her picture in the paper.

She had been glad to hear it was a church she was familiar with, one that shared her biblical beliefs, but her next question had been almost as important to her: Did the church have a ministry to the deaf? Shelby had been involved in that ministry in her own church for a long time and had no desire to give it up. One of the first questions Shelby had asked the king and queen was about the church they attended. Shelby’s mind was still on the church services the day before. The staff moved around quietly, seeing that she was in great thought.Īnd indeed she was.

On this morning, just eight days after she’d been married, she ate without looking at any of them. Invariably she had her Bible, the newspaper, her date book, or all three.

The staff, however, was swiftly growing accustomed to seeing her at the kitchen table for breakfast.

Someone always had coffee on to brew but wasn’t always present when she arrived. She liked to rise early and even fixed her own breakfast most mornings. Within a week of living at the palace, Shelby was finding her feet.

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