Cursed in the Blood: a Catherine Levendeur Mystery
“Friday, 14 kalends July (June 18), 1143. Summer solstice and the feast of Saint Gemma, who preferred losing her life to losing her chastity.
Ne thœt aglœca ylden thote, ac he gefeng hraðe forman siðe slœpendne rinc, slat unwearnum, bat banlocan, blod edrum dranc synsnœdum swealh; Sona hœfde unlyfignendes eal gefeormod, fet ond folma.
That demon thought not of delay but first swiftly snatched a warrior sleeping unaware, bit off his limbs, drank his blood, swallowed great chunks; Soon he ...had consumed all the corpse, feet and hands.
—Beowulf, 11.739—744 The clouds lay over the land, diffusing the sunlight so that the he clouds lay over the land, diffusing the sunlight so that the colors of the world were muted into shades Catherine had never known existed. The fog lifted slowly, the light breaking through here and there in sudden stabs of gold. She had no idea of the hour. From far away there were bells but they might have been for anything from Matins, in the middle of the night, to Prime, just after dawn.MoreLess
Ne thœt aglœca ylden thote, ac he gefeng hraðe forman siðe slœpendne rinc, slat unwearnum, bat banlocan, blod edrum dranc synsnœdum swealh; Sona hœfde unlyfignendes eal gefeormod, fet ond folma.
That demon thought not of delay but first swiftly snatched a warrior sleeping unaware, bit off his limbs, drank his blood, swallowed great chunks; Soon he ...had consumed all the corpse, feet and hands.
—Beowulf, 11.739—744 The clouds lay over the land, diffusing the sunlight so that the he clouds lay over the land, diffusing the sunlight so that the colors of the world were muted into shades Catherine had never known existed. The fog lifted slowly, the light breaking through here and there in sudden stabs of gold. She had no idea of the hour. From far away there were bells but they might have been for anything from Matins, in the middle of the night, to Prime, just after dawn.MoreLess
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