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Eadgith sees her father

Eadgith smiled contentedly down into the drawer.

Eadgith smiled contentedly down into the drawer. She had more beautiful dresses now, at one time, than she had ever had in all of her life put together. Her mother said that she had had pretty dresses when she was very small, but of course she could not remember these, and so they did not count.

Her mother had often told her about the “good days” when the handsome castle at Hwaelnaess had been inhabited by her own cousin, and her father had been a great knight who was received by the king, and they had done nothing but dance and ride and feast and play. Work was something to be done by servants.

Leofric slithers in

'Look who just slithered in.'

“Well, well, well,” Sigefrith growled. “Look who just slithered in.”

Leofric turned, startled enough to lay a hand on his sword. He left it there for a moment—watching his face for a sign of what kind of reception to expect, Sigefrith thought.

Something is wrong with young Egelric

Gunnilda opened her eyes and looked over at her daughter.

“Ma,” Wynna said softly.

Gunnilda opened her eyes and looked over at her daughter. Had she slept so long already?

Edris offers no reassurance

Edris stood before the window of her sitting room, looking down into the inner court of the castle.

It was a quiet place compared to the bustle at Nothelm, and certainly compared to the beehive that was the King’s castle. Her husband had almost no servants when she arrived—he had been the only resident of the castle until a few months before, since little Baldwin had been living with his wet nurse before then. He really needed no one in the castle other than his valet, a small kitchen staff, and a few maids to clean. He didn’t even have guards until she had arrived, for, he had said, he had nothing worth stealing.

Edris wonders

'He is smacking me and smacking me.'

“He is smacking me and smacking me with his little hand,” Edris giggled as baby Cynewulf pummeled her.

“He’s a brute, isn’t he?” Matilda laughed, but she cast an uneasy glance at Leila afterwards to make sure she had not been offended. Leila seemed unperturbed, but then she always did.

Egelric returns

Alred awoke laughing.

Alred awoke laughing—he must have been dreaming. But he grew serious at once when he realized that it was Osric, his valet, who had awoken him, and Osric looked troubled.

“What is it?”

Bacchus gets his run

'Bacchus!'

“Bacchus!” Alred cried, marching up to the horse’s stall. “Cease your horseplay and act your age, you old rascal.”

Bacchus shook his mane and snorted playfully. He had only been kicking the door to get his master’s attention.

Egelric talks to the elf

'You are remarkably patient for a boy.'

“You are remarkably patient for a boy,” Egelric said finally. His voice dragged through his throat like a rasp, and his tongue lay like a half-dead thing in his mouth. What was wrong with him?

The boy relaxed visibly. “More patient than you: a man.” So he would mock him.

Egelric wakes in the dark

Egelric sat up suddenly.

Egelric sat up suddenly. All five of his senses were crying out, “Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!” And his head ached so… and his lungs burned…

His eyes too hurt him. His eyelids felt stiff and swollen, but he forced them open and looked around. In the first moment, he thought he knew where he was. This was a familiar place. But then he knew he could not explain where he was or how he had come to be here.

Iylaine waits

'Baby, it's time for dinner.'

“Baby, it’s time for dinner,” Alred said gently.

“I know,” she said, “I’m just waiting for my Da first.”

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“When once a woman tells you to hit her, you had better hit her so hard she won’t ask you again. Otherwise she will rule over you all the rest of your days. And she won’t have the respect for you she has for a dog.”

‒ Leofric, “Sir Sigefrith gets his father’s advice”

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