Dancing With Demons
“The first was that she was a very attractive girl. She had fair skin with a hint of freckles, black hair and dark eyes. The aimsir togú, or ‘age of choice’ in the five kingdoms was fourteen years old, when girls became women. Muirgel was seventeen and therefore of marriageable age. Eadulf imagined that she would have many suitors. However, the second thing he noticed about her was her arrogance. It was there in the way she held her head, the disdainful curve of her lip.
She reclined in her chai...r among an array of cushions as they entered and regarded them with an expression that made it clear that she did not welcome their presence. The young servant girl who had opened the chamber door to them and conducted them to her mistress hesitated as if waiting for further instructions before being dismissed with a haughty wave of her employer’s hand.
Muirgel looked at the elderly abbot with disdain. She did not even bother to look at Fidelma or Eadulf.
‘Well, Abbot Colmán, why is it that you must disturb my peace this afternoon?MoreLess
She reclined in her chai...r among an array of cushions as they entered and regarded them with an expression that made it clear that she did not welcome their presence. The young servant girl who had opened the chamber door to them and conducted them to her mistress hesitated as if waiting for further instructions before being dismissed with a haughty wave of her employer’s hand.
Muirgel looked at the elderly abbot with disdain. She did not even bother to look at Fidelma or Eadulf.
‘Well, Abbot Colmán, why is it that you must disturb my peace this afternoon?MoreLess
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