In the King's Service (2010)
In the King's Service
“—PROVERBS 26:26 ANOTHER week the king’s party remained in Coroth. By mid-October, with Nimur of Torenth having offered a token payment of reparation to Kiltuin town—solely as a gesture of goodwill toward its inhabitants, though he swore that his kin had had no part in what had happened there—Donal of Gwynedd was able to withdraw his troops and return to Rhemuth, leaving Ahern and his council of state in Corwyn to oversee a return to normal relations along that portion of the Torenth borde...r.
Alyce and Zoë returned as well, though they found the rhythm of life at court much changed. Marie’s absence was keenly felt in the royal household—and Isan’s as well, for his mother rarely smiled in those next months. Prince Brion and the other boys missed their playmate for a while, but Duke Richard’s return had ensured that the normal cycle of study and practice at arms resumed. By early November, the castle’s squires, pages, and would-be pages had begun to practice for their service at Twelfth Night court, which would soon be upon them.MoreLess
Alyce and Zoë returned as well, though they found the rhythm of life at court much changed. Marie’s absence was keenly felt in the royal household—and Isan’s as well, for his mother rarely smiled in those next months. Prince Brion and the other boys missed their playmate for a while, but Duke Richard’s return had ensured that the normal cycle of study and practice at arms resumed. By early November, the castle’s squires, pages, and would-be pages had begun to practice for their service at Twelfth Night court, which would soon be upon them.MoreLess
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