Come the Morning
“Waryk leaned against the mantel, watching her sternly. Jillian sat nervously by her side.
Angus leaned against the door as if he could add bulk and substance to it. He still couldn’t believe that such a slip of a girl had earlier caused the same effect as if she had broken down the door.
“I—I knew that Mellyora was in trouble, that she was running from the guards. And she swore to me that she’d done nothing wrong …” Anne assured Waryk miserably. She moistened her lips. “I wasn’t certain that yo...u were the man the king intended her to marry. I mean, I’d heard such talk, but Mellyora said … well, she believed that she was to go to a Norman, someone no better than a second generation of William the Conqueror’s men. We all know how horrible life became for the ancient Saxon nobility in England, and the Norman threat remains here against us at the border …”
“Anne, you’ve proven yourself quite remarkable tonight, but Mellyora knew just exactly from whom she was running,”MoreLess
Angus leaned against the door as if he could add bulk and substance to it. He still couldn’t believe that such a slip of a girl had earlier caused the same effect as if she had broken down the door.
“I—I knew that Mellyora was in trouble, that she was running from the guards. And she swore to me that she’d done nothing wrong …” Anne assured Waryk miserably. She moistened her lips. “I wasn’t certain that yo...u were the man the king intended her to marry. I mean, I’d heard such talk, but Mellyora said … well, she believed that she was to go to a Norman, someone no better than a second generation of William the Conqueror’s men. We all know how horrible life became for the ancient Saxon nobility in England, and the Norman threat remains here against us at the border …”
“Anne, you’ve proven yourself quite remarkable tonight, but Mellyora knew just exactly from whom she was running,”MoreLess
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