Honeyed Pasture die Welt vor mir is' für mich gemacht

"You wouldn't believe," Norah grinned knowingly. "Half the charm lies not with the person itself, but those, who strive for power and want to be in their good books," she elaborated on the subject. "A queen or a king might be the most hideous creatures in the world and yet their power softens the ugliness, their privileges quench the stench," she said. 

"In the eyes of most people - that is. I have yet to see the queen you speak of myself to find out, if you - her loyal subject - belong to the people I mentioned," she finished. "Though - why are you loyal to her and not," she cast her glance around, "to that rock, for example?"