"Would I spy on my own subjects?" she said. "Use your reason!"
"You mean—" Burris began, and Boyd finished for him:
"—she isn't?"
"No," Malone snapped. "She isn't. Remember, you said it would take a telepath to catch a telepath?"
"Well—" Burris began.
"Well, Her Majesty remembered it," Malone said. "And acted on it."
Barbara remained standing. She went to the Queen and put an arm around the little old lady's shoulder. Her Majesty did not object. "I knew," she said. "You couldn't have been a spy."
"Listen, dear," the Queen said. "Your Kenneth has seen the truth of the matter. Listen to him."
"Her Majesty not only caught the spy," Malone said, "but she turned the spy right over to us."
He turned at once and went back down the long red carpet to the door. I really ought to get a sword, he thought, and didn't see Her Majesty smile. He opened the door with a great flourish and said quietly: "Bring him in, boys."