"What can you remember about our mother?" Athelisa asked her brother, Robin. "I remember she was beautiful." He grinned and Athelisa smiled. She poked her needle through the delicate silk of the handkerchief she was sewing for her sister.

 "Do you think father will let us see mother again?" Robin glanced at his sister from where he stood at the window and replied, " I don't know. " Just then, their sister Briana swept in, fresh from a horseback ride.

"Hello dear hearts. It's a lovely day today, far too lovely to be inside like this. Fancy a walk in the gardens? After such an invigourating ride I'm loathe to lock myself in the castle just yet." She told her siblings as she stripped off her gloves and folded them into her belt.

Athelisa laughed and said "I'd love to, but I think Robin has something else to do."
 When her brother glanced at her, she said " Father mentioned yesterday that he was thinking of marrying Robin off and that he wanted to see him today to show him pictures of his future wife, whichever princess that may be. "
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Briana sat, a rather sour look on her face. "I hope she's not some milksop of a royal who's been cloistered in a solarium all her life knitting and gossiping with the ladies at court. I have no wish for such a woman to be forced into family or friendship with my brother or me."

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 "I hope she's nice." Athelisa added. "And I hope she's beautiful, too."
 Robin glared at his sister. "Briana has a point. And I don't care if my future wife is beautiful or not. I just want her to be kind and intelligent." That was when  Athelisa heard her father calling outside the door, she jumped up and said " Sorry, I think that walk will have to wait." and she ran out of the door to go see her father.
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"What about you, brother of mine? If his Royal Fathership is engaged with our sister this might be a good time to escape the selection of potential brides. What say you get your bow and we can go hunting or target shooting, eh?" She asked him with a mischevious grin.

"Yes, I think that's a very good idea." Robin replied. He went to open his trunk, grabbed his bow, and said " Come on, sister! Let us see if we can catch perhaps a fat rabbit for the cook to stew. "