"At dawn, we approach the princess's chamber — and see a team thrice as large barring our way. We're disarmed

"At dawn, we approach the princess's chamber — and see a team thrice as large barring our way. We're disarmed and discharged. The queen is in honorary confinement in her chambers. The carnage has been prevented. No one knows of my crime, save my own conscience — which is enough. I sentence myself to banishment from the country I love above all else. The country in which I'm now ashamed to look even the lowliest garbage collector in the eye... at least he fulfills his simple duty with honesty."