Border Fire
“IGNORING TEARS THAT STREAMED down her cheeks, Janet watched as they constrained Quinton like a common felon with his arms tied behind him and his feet bound beneath his horse’s belly. He held himself erect throughout the humiliating process, and his dignity reminded her of her position as his wife. She did not raise a hand to dry her tears, but they continued to flow.
Beside her, Hob murmured, “We should go, mistress, whilst we can.”
“We will wait until they have ridden away,” she said, not bot...hering to lower her voice to match his. “They must see that we are outraged, Hob, and not think for a minute’s time that we fear them. We will sit quietly and watch, so as to make them constantly aware that we can serve as witnesses to this unlawful act.”
“By God, madam,” Gaudilands said behind her. “Were it not for you and the other women, we’d soon teach them a lesson. I can promise you that.”
“Then you would give them grounds to declare later that you caused the trouble instead of them,”MoreLess
Beside her, Hob murmured, “We should go, mistress, whilst we can.”
“We will wait until they have ridden away,” she said, not bot...hering to lower her voice to match his. “They must see that we are outraged, Hob, and not think for a minute’s time that we fear them. We will sit quietly and watch, so as to make them constantly aware that we can serve as witnesses to this unlawful act.”
“By God, madam,” Gaudilands said behind her. “Were it not for you and the other women, we’d soon teach them a lesson. I can promise you that.”
“Then you would give them grounds to declare later that you caused the trouble instead of them,”MoreLess
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