But though Dick was treated after the manner of a prince, and had the girl he loved near him, he was yet far from being happy.
Had he been in his own country, with Leo and the rest of his associates about him, it would have been different.
[CHAPTER XIX.
LEO WEDS, AFTER ALL.]
When the new queen had reigned for a year, she one day took it in her head to modify one of the principal laws of Hez.
It was to change the time of the maidens waiting for their husbands from two years to six months.
As this was more of a common-sense view of the matter, her people unanimously agreed to it, with the exception of Roderique de Amilo.
He was for keeping the ancient laws of the country the same.
But one against so many did not amount to much, so the law went into force.