Egelric gets what's coming to him
Egelric was a tall man and so was Ethelwyn, but nevertheless Egelric could not see Ethelwyn’s curls anywhere in the crowd of heads bobbing before him. Nor was his steward in the corner by the door where Egelric had seen him standing only a few moments before. He had turned his head for only an instant to wink at Lili, but when he had turned it back, Ethelwyn was gone.
But there was that door. It led to Dunstan’s former study, now empty, and beyond that to the stairs down to the court and freedom. Egelric told himself that if Ethelwyn had fled through that door, then his steward was less of a man than he had believed.
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