"You'd be sorely mistaken, we had a ball just last year," he says, with a little grin at her. "Don't worry, the wardrobe's probably got something appropriately princess-like."
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"You'd be sorely mistaken, we had a ball just last year," he says, with a little grin at her. "Don't worry, the wardrobe's probably got something appropriately princess-like."