“I heard him say something in his own tongue. I doubt if Crinas heard it. He was speaking in Cornish. So later I spoke of the Isle of Glass, and described the bay, and he knew of that, too, and the Cassiterides. They are islands off the Cornish coast, ones in which even Crinas must believe." "Cornish?" asked the boy, trying the word. "From Cornwall, in the south-west." "Queen's men, then?" Stilicho had not spent all his time in London in the stillroom with Morgause. He listened almost as much as... he talked, and had regaled me continually since we left Uther's court with what "they" were saying about every subject under the sun. "They said she was still in the south-west after the last lying in." "That's true. And she might use Cornishmen for secret work, but I think not. Neither the King nor the Queen keep Cornish troops close to them these days." "There are Cornish troops at Caerleon. I heard it in the town." I looked up sharply. "Are there indeed? Under whom?" "I didn't hear. I could find out." He was looking at me eagerly, but I shook my head.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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