she 'd asked about his mother and opened a door-a door he clearly was n't ready to let her pass through . yet all is not lost , as long as a child of the king is born . lulu and the ten ants were perfectly capable of running the operation for today . why could n't he put two and two together and make this easy for her ? within twenty minutes , with the lights on , the tea tray still on the bed beside her , she 'd dropped back into sleep . she turned it this way and that . 