Lady of Fire
“It was a luxuriously appointed room in a building that sat in the middle of what was once an extensive courtyard surrounded by high, towered walls. Walter, a shipping merchant as well as a lord, had taken much of what he'd seen of English manors and constructed one of his own within the protection of his fortress. The place was furnished with things collected in his travels to Italy, Spain, Portugal, the emperor's court at Byzantium, and the Holy Land itself."I tell you I know of no Richard of ...Clemence!" Walter's voice carried from somewhere outside."My lord, he desires speech with you," his steward urged, "and I could not turn them away, for his lady is near her time.""A landless knight, you say! God's teeth, but what am I supposed to do with them? I've enough levy to satisfy mine obligations.""My lord, he said if you were unconvinced, I was to give you this.""Jesu! Mother of God!"Roger smiled at Walter's reaction to Henry's ring. Henry had been right—it could well gain him an audience where his appearance could not.MoreLess
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