Brothers' Fury (Bleeding Land Trilogy 2)
“Two nights ago, when most of The Leaping Lord’s patrons had either staggered off to their lodgings or home to their beds, he and Ruth had shared three pitchers of Reede’s strongest beer and a handful of the tobacco which Ralph Hall had, to his credit, bought off Timothy Bowell for tenpence a pound. Tom, who had in his mind loaded and primed the issue of his leaving, in the event found himself reluctant to pull the trigger and inwardly wondered at this cowardice which he had never felt in battle... but which now held him to ransom.
In the end, after hours of empty talk, it had been Ruth who gave voice to the thing, exhaling smoke that floated up to the dark-stained roof in a perfect, ethereal circle.
‘You’re leaving. When? Tomorrow? The day after?’ she had said, then taken a long draught of beer as though it meant nothing to her; yet all this outward disregard achieved was to betray the truth. She cared a great deal.
‘Tomorrow,’ Tom had replied, caught off guard and feeling that one word both inadequate and cruel.MoreLess
In the end, after hours of empty talk, it had been Ruth who gave voice to the thing, exhaling smoke that floated up to the dark-stained roof in a perfect, ethereal circle.
‘You’re leaving. When? Tomorrow? The day after?’ she had said, then taken a long draught of beer as though it meant nothing to her; yet all this outward disregard achieved was to betray the truth. She cared a great deal.
‘Tomorrow,’ Tom had replied, caught off guard and feeling that one word both inadequate and cruel.MoreLess
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