A Passionate Magic
“Lady Richenda remarked to Dain when Mass was over and the inhabitants of Penruan were finally assembled in the great hall for a very late midday meal. “Dare I hope you have finally had the good sense to take my advice and send Robert away?”
They were sitting at the high table, eating a meat pie that ought to have been steaming hot but instead was cold, and a rather unsavory cold vegetable stew. Over Emma’s protests Lady Richenda refused to allow any of the food to be reheated, saying denial of ...comfort was good for the soul. The men-at-arms seemed to be making up for the lack of hot food by drinking more wine and ale than usual, and the great hall was becoming noisy.
Emma could riot help wondering if the noise was an attempt on the part of the men to blot out the constant, strident sounds of Lady Richenda’s irritating voice.
Dain was sitting between his wife and his mother, and at Lady Richenda’s unkind words Emma saw his hand clench around his wine goblet, while his mouth thinned in the way she was beginning to recognize as a sign of tightly reined anger.MoreLess
They were sitting at the high table, eating a meat pie that ought to have been steaming hot but instead was cold, and a rather unsavory cold vegetable stew. Over Emma’s protests Lady Richenda refused to allow any of the food to be reheated, saying denial of ...comfort was good for the soul. The men-at-arms seemed to be making up for the lack of hot food by drinking more wine and ale than usual, and the great hall was becoming noisy.
Emma could riot help wondering if the noise was an attempt on the part of the men to blot out the constant, strident sounds of Lady Richenda’s irritating voice.
Dain was sitting between his wife and his mother, and at Lady Richenda’s unkind words Emma saw his hand clench around his wine goblet, while his mouth thinned in the way she was beginning to recognize as a sign of tightly reined anger.MoreLess
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