Chapter 57: 'Thy royal passing...'

Chapter Fifty-Seven: ‘Thy royal passing...’

Nathaniel received an extravagant funeral service. There were so many flowers that the casket was almost hidden from view. David wasn’t sure where they’d all come from.

The ceremony was televised, and there were more people crammed into the basilica than were probably needed, really. An orchestra on standby around both the east and west entrances, a choir in the back, cameras all over the first and second floors, and hundreds of distant relatives from all over the country. The Belgrants, the Carthraces, the Masdens, the Volliers, and many others whom David didn’t care to think about.

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