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continued, “I wouldn’t exactly be telling these turretmates much. And then they are all Crimsons, and I am a Purple.”
    “How did that happen?” Alicia asked. “I thought turretmates were all members of the same team.”
    “Maybe if you’re one-third a princess, they think you’re not quite Purple or Crimson, just some color in between,” Myrella said sadly.
    “Maybe you could change turrets,” Kristen said.
    “It’s against the rules,” Gundersnap said. “Rule three, section two, article one says, ‘No princess is permitted to request a turret change during a session. A request may be made for the next session, but it is rarely granted.’”
    “You’ve read all the rules?” Alicia asked.
    “And memorized them. Empress Mummy will be quizzing me on them in her letters.”
    “Rules are made to be broken!” Kristen said. “Look, Myrella. You’re little—a one-third princess—but look at the upside. That’s a special circumstance. It means you should be able to fit in anywhere.”
    “Well, I guess it’s worth a try,” said Myrella. “It’s very nice of you. I’d much rather have you as turretmates than them.”
    “I’ll get right on it,” said Gundersnap. “Draft a proposal.”
    The other three princesses blinked at one another. Princess Gundersnap was all business. There was no denying that.
    “And I,” Alicia said, “shall put on my thinking tiara to figure out where this tapestry might be.”
    “You have a thinking tiara?” Myrella asked.
    “Yes, pure silver, but quite plain with no diamonds. Lightweight, fits any hairstyle, simple but elegant, no distractions. I can concentrate quite well in it. It’s been in the family for years.”
    “Not from Batwhistle, the pawnbrokers?” asked Myrella.
    “No. All our tiaras are heirlooms. It’s really the best way, Mum says.”
    “Very practical,” said Gundersnap. “I would no more wear another family’s tiara than swap underclothes with them.”
    “Eeeew!” All four princesses wrinkled up their noses in disgust, and then they all burst out laughing.
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Chapter 6
    PRAYERS AND WHISPERS

    When the three princesses returned to the South Turret that night, Gilly Zand the other maids were waiting for them with their freshly pressed nightclothes. They also handed each girl a scroll with the activities list for the next day.
    Alicia unrolled hers and glanced at it with a frown. “A swim test?” she said. “What’s that?”
    “Swim test, weather permitting,” Gilly corrected. She looked out the window at the swirling snow.
    “But I don’t know how to swim,” Alicia said.
    “ Nocht, me neither. Can’t swim,” Princess Gundersnap added.
    “Don’t know how to swim?” Princess Kristen looked up from her activity scroll. “Amazing! I could swim before I could walk. All children in the Realm of Rolm know how to swim.”
    “Then you shall probably be put in the advanced group that goes to the lake outside the castle walls and not the moat,” Gilly told her.
    “Moat?” Princess Alicia said in alarm. “Is it clean? Sanitary? I don’t want to come down with anything.”
    “What about crocodiles? We have crocodiles in our moat at home,” Princess Gundersnap said.
    “Oh, how horrible,” Alicia said. Another one of the empress’s ideas, no doubt! she added silently.
    “Don’t worry, milady,” reassured Gilly gently. “We have no crocodiles, and we have the cleanest waters in all the kingdom.”
    “Makeup!” Kristen suddenly roared, looking at the list. “What’s this about makeup? I don’t wear makeup! What would I need with rouge?” Indeed, the Princess of the Isles of the Salt Tears seemed rather violently pink in the cheeks.
    “If I may be permitted, Princess Kristen, I think you will find the Duchess of Bagglesnort very informative,” Gilly said. “She is considered a great beauty, and her knowledge of cosmetics is quite profound.”
    “How profound can makeup be?” Kristen