Goose Chase
Goose Chase
“—JOHN HEYWOOD, PROVERBS Jessa was most grievously disappointed, I could see. Trying to make them let the man in the sack go might quite easily have been fatal for me, and Tessa knew it. Lucinda and Nellie were simply not in the mood to be told that ladies never eat human flesh. They had, with considerable difficulty and after many days of nearly meatless meals, caught themselves an unfortunate knight whose skill and valor had not been equal to the brute force and size of the three Ogresses.
The...y now intended to cook him and eat him, and if I chose to object, why then I was welcome to join the benighted traveler in the pot.
"Drag him inside and tie him up with the golden thread while we decide what to do with him," I instructed.
"What do ye mean, decide what we do with him?" demanded Tessa. "We be agoin' to kill him, that's what we be agoin' to do with him. Hand me that knife, Lucinda." But Lucinda, being underneath Tessa and with her arms wrapped several times around the man in the sack, was unable to comply.MoreLess
The...y now intended to cook him and eat him, and if I chose to object, why then I was welcome to join the benighted traveler in the pot.
"Drag him inside and tie him up with the golden thread while we decide what to do with him," I instructed.
"What do ye mean, decide what we do with him?" demanded Tessa. "We be agoin' to kill him, that's what we be agoin' to do with him. Hand me that knife, Lucinda." But Lucinda, being underneath Tessa and with her arms wrapped several times around the man in the sack, was unable to comply.MoreLess
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