Born of the Sun
“For the rest of that spring and early summer, the two war bands played cat-and-mouse throughout Wessex, living off the British farms and Saxon vils that lay in their paths. Ceawlin was hoping desperately to get some word of Cutha, but the eorl and his remaining followers seemed to have simply dropped off the map.
In early July Edric wearied of the chase and returned to Winchester. Guthfrid greeted her husband with public respect and waited until she had him alone in the queen’s hall to tell him... her thoughts.
“He is making a fool of you!” Her brown eyes were almost black with anger and contempt. “Gods. You are like a hound who cannot sniff out his quarry. He has run you the length and breadth of Wessex, and still he eludes you!”
“What can I do?” Edric shouted in return. “He has no intention of fighting me. He is merely trying to—”
“To make a fool of you. Well, let me tell you, Edric, he is succeeding.”
He threw himself into a carved wooden chair and stared at her truculently.MoreLess
In early July Edric wearied of the chase and returned to Winchester. Guthfrid greeted her husband with public respect and waited until she had him alone in the queen’s hall to tell him... her thoughts.
“He is making a fool of you!” Her brown eyes were almost black with anger and contempt. “Gods. You are like a hound who cannot sniff out his quarry. He has run you the length and breadth of Wessex, and still he eludes you!”
“What can I do?” Edric shouted in return. “He has no intention of fighting me. He is merely trying to—”
“To make a fool of you. Well, let me tell you, Edric, he is succeeding.”
He threw himself into a carved wooden chair and stared at her truculently.MoreLess
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