Afton of Margate Castle
“Though the dark of Perceval’s forest was cool and shady, still berry-picking was back-breaking work. She and Corba worked to fill their hungry stewpot and anything edible Afton could find went into the pot for supper.
The past eight years in Corba’s house had taught Afton how hard life as a villein could be. In the castle, Afton had been sheltered and pampered. At the mill, she knew the luxury of a steady income and a comfortable home. But in Corba’s cottage there were no luxuries, and few of l...ife’s most basic necessities.
While Corba went to the castle to perform her boon work for the estate, Afton wove on the loom, toiled in Corba’s little garden plot, or tended the chickens. In the garden she grew cabbage, lettuce, leeks, spinach, and parsley, and two or three times a week she ventured into the forest to look for berries or primrose.
Here in the forest Afton forgot her situation and became a child again. She stretched her weary arms and put down her basket of berries, moving past the prickly berry bushes to a bush of climbing roses.MoreLess
The past eight years in Corba’s house had taught Afton how hard life as a villein could be. In the castle, Afton had been sheltered and pampered. At the mill, she knew the luxury of a steady income and a comfortable home. But in Corba’s cottage there were no luxuries, and few of l...ife’s most basic necessities.
While Corba went to the castle to perform her boon work for the estate, Afton wove on the loom, toiled in Corba’s little garden plot, or tended the chickens. In the garden she grew cabbage, lettuce, leeks, spinach, and parsley, and two or three times a week she ventured into the forest to look for berries or primrose.
Here in the forest Afton forgot her situation and became a child again. She stretched her weary arms and put down her basket of berries, moving past the prickly berry bushes to a bush of climbing roses.MoreLess
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