He looked up at the row of windows on the third floor of the palace. The very many windows on a palace the size you'd expect Christian IV to build. "As to the first, I'm faced with a quandary."
The proverbial lightbulb went off. "You're engaged to Caroline Platzer. Uh, betrothed, I mean."
"Yes, indeed. A simple farm boy, in my origins, who never expected he'd someday have to figure out which window… Ah!" He pointed an eager finger. "There!"
Looking up, Eddie saw that a window had been opened and a rope was being lowered. Thorsten began moving toward it.
Before he'd taken three steps, however, another window was opened and another rope began coming down.
The imperial count of Narnia came to an abrupt halt. "And now what?"
"Who ordered this?" demanded Eddie