Matilda meets the fairy tale king

Matilda Cild had learned to walk beneath an ancient oaken table, by wandering between the knees of the earls, knights, and generals seated round. She must have tripped and toddled then, but the men who had raised her had taught her to step smartly like a soldier, even at such mundane moments as when answering a knock at the door.

And yet no soldier, Alred thought, had ever looked so fine and full and deliciously quivering from behind.

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