Candle in the Window
Candle in the Window
“Then she let go. She fell, she landed. The shock jarred her ankles; the ground was much closer than she’d braced for. She sat there in the dirt and rubbed her feet and laughed and cried.
Bronnie heard her and hollered, “M’lady, m’lady, are ye hurt?”
Collecting herself, she hoarsely called back, “I’m well. But Bronnie, can’t you wave a torch and tell me where the bodies are?”
“Th’ bodies?” He sounded dumbfounded, then relieved. “Nay, ’tis not all as bad as he tol’ ye, m’lady.”
She snorted. “I’m ...surprised.”
“This isn’t his main castle an’ he doesn’t keep any prisoners here, an’ if he did, he sure wouldn’t let them die, just like that. He’d work ’em t’ death, he would.”
Irresistibly amused by his succinct reading of Nicholas’s character, she queried, “No bodies?”
“Nay. But there’s rats, for sure, an’ ’tis coolish. I want ye t’ take me jerkin.” He tossed it down, and it fluttered onto her head.
“Did ye get it?”MoreLess
Bronnie heard her and hollered, “M’lady, m’lady, are ye hurt?”
Collecting herself, she hoarsely called back, “I’m well. But Bronnie, can’t you wave a torch and tell me where the bodies are?”
“Th’ bodies?” He sounded dumbfounded, then relieved. “Nay, ’tis not all as bad as he tol’ ye, m’lady.”
She snorted. “I’m ...surprised.”
“This isn’t his main castle an’ he doesn’t keep any prisoners here, an’ if he did, he sure wouldn’t let them die, just like that. He’d work ’em t’ death, he would.”
Irresistibly amused by his succinct reading of Nicholas’s character, she queried, “No bodies?”
“Nay. But there’s rats, for sure, an’ ’tis coolish. I want ye t’ take me jerkin.” He tossed it down, and it fluttered onto her head.
“Did ye get it?”MoreLess
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