Jamestown (The Keepers of the Ring)
“Turning in his desk, Fallon cast a quick glance toward Brody. “What is amiss?” he dared to whisper. Master Crompton had abruptly cancelled classes at the school, and the headmaster only cut classes short when a student had committed an egregious error that would require lengthy and public correction.
“I’faith, I know not,” Brody answered, his eyes flickering over the other boys in their cramped classroom. He rose and jerked his head toward the shelf where they stored their hornbooks, and Fa...llon followed, placing his supplies away.
Their tutor, a nervous, pale young man who reminded Fallon of one of the skittish rats he often saw in the hallway, twitched his nose and held up a timid hand. “The master says you are all to return to the dormitory until noon,” he said, his eyes darting about the room. “There is to be a guest of some significance at dinner, and the master expects us all to be on our best behavior.”
He clapped his hands and the boys rose on cue, then filed out of the room in a single line that did not waver until they reached the freedom of the upstairs dormitory.MoreLess
“I’faith, I know not,” Brody answered, his eyes flickering over the other boys in their cramped classroom. He rose and jerked his head toward the shelf where they stored their hornbooks, and Fa...llon followed, placing his supplies away.
Their tutor, a nervous, pale young man who reminded Fallon of one of the skittish rats he often saw in the hallway, twitched his nose and held up a timid hand. “The master says you are all to return to the dormitory until noon,” he said, his eyes darting about the room. “There is to be a guest of some significance at dinner, and the master expects us all to be on our best behavior.”
He clapped his hands and the boys rose on cue, then filed out of the room in a single line that did not waver until they reached the freedom of the upstairs dormitory.MoreLess
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