A Crowning Mercy
“His sword fell. The pain was slamming back and forth and the pikes were coming over him. He fell. James Wright tried to pick him up, to pull him backwards, but the Roundheads were charging now and the huge man went back before the pikes, seeking safety in the warren of rooms in the Old House.Toby moaned, rolled over, tried to rise, but a sword blade slashed light in the early dawn, came down, and there was a terrible pain in his left hand. He screamed, fell back and the boots of the enemy went ...over his unconscious body. Lazen Castle had fallen, as so many houses fell, to treachery.--<<>>--<<>>--<<>>--'Be brave!' Lady Margaret ordered the group of women in the gallery. 'Be brave!' She put the musketoon on the table beside her, but Campion could see it was not loaded.Muskets sounded in the gardens below. Enid screamed, making Lady Margaret turn furiously round. 'Be quiet!'The shouts of the victors echoed through the castle. The slaughter was nearly over.MoreLess
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