Knight Errant
“They had been cleaning for days now, and Robert wondered if the women would ever stop. Save for evidence of fire, the house had seemed tidy enough to him. But Juliana, Berthild, and Gretle had tsked and shaken their heads, then gone to war with dirt he could not even see. Relieved to be asked to run errands, he escaped to the market and tasks he understood.
He spent one full day haggling with merchants and carrying parcels to and fro. He returned from his last foray expecting a hot meal and... some conversation. Henry met him at the door with the news that the ladies had retired to their quarters too exhausted from their labors to prepare any food.
“What happened to the cook?”
“B’ain’t seen ’im since ye left this morning, sir,” answered Henry. “Like ’n he’s gone and got drunk again.”
Obviously, Gretle’s harangue on their arrival in Palermo failed as an effective measure against the cook’s drunkenness.MoreLess
He spent one full day haggling with merchants and carrying parcels to and fro. He returned from his last foray expecting a hot meal and... some conversation. Henry met him at the door with the news that the ladies had retired to their quarters too exhausted from their labors to prepare any food.
“What happened to the cook?”
“B’ain’t seen ’im since ye left this morning, sir,” answered Henry. “Like ’n he’s gone and got drunk again.”
Obviously, Gretle’s harangue on their arrival in Palermo failed as an effective measure against the cook’s drunkenness.MoreLess
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