"Why would you say she's carrying a bastard child?" The other maid asked. She couldn't stand her fellow maid insulting Her Majesty. She was the queen for heaven's sake. If wind of what they were talking about spread, they would be as good as dead, so it was good to tread carefully.
"I can't believe it Sarah. How can you be so naïve as to not notice it?" She asked.
"Notice what? Can you just get straight to the point please," the other said, voice laced with curiosity.
"Her Majesty's pregnancy just got unveiled this week. That means she got pregnant a month ago, or even less. It was within this same period of time that His Majesty was at his worst. Don't you think it is abnormal for the king to have impregnated his wife by that time?" Sarah asked. The other looked lost deep in thought.
"Oh! I see now. So that means Her Majesty is carrying a bastard child? But whose child is it?"