"We're not going to kill him, are we?" Aurora asked.  "He's been with father for more than twenty years, as he's fond of reminding us, and how would we explain the body?"<br/><br/>Then the princess displayed the Deschain cunning that had been lurking beneath her naiveté all the while.  Perhaps her exposure to him had opened her eyes, perhaps she had gleaned something unconsciously from Balthazar's musings.  And she realized how many ways there were to ruin a diplomatic marriage and disgrace a man at the same time.  "Oh!" she said.  "NO!"