Lord of a Thousand Nights
“Reyna glanced up from the table where she read her Aquinas by candlelight. Ian sat on a stool by the hearth with the estate ledger propped open on his lap.
“Most of the income derives from sheep, and the English dealers are always glad for more wool,” he continued. “There is a second mill far to the west, which makes sense, considering the breadth of the lands.”
“He built that one. He had seen an old man who had traveled two days to bring his grain here, and decided it was uncharitable to expec...t that of the weak,” Reyna explained.
“Is it also because of his charity that most of the farmers are free tenants and not villeins?”
“If a family asked to buy its freedom, Robert always agreed. He said that any man industrious enough to save the coin would surely make a good tenant.”
Ian nodded and became reabsorbed in the pages. Reyna returned to her philosophy, but periodically glanced over to watch the way the firelight flickered over his handsome face. His arrival this evening had surprised her.MoreLess
“Most of the income derives from sheep, and the English dealers are always glad for more wool,” he continued. “There is a second mill far to the west, which makes sense, considering the breadth of the lands.”
“He built that one. He had seen an old man who had traveled two days to bring his grain here, and decided it was uncharitable to expec...t that of the weak,” Reyna explained.
“Is it also because of his charity that most of the farmers are free tenants and not villeins?”
“If a family asked to buy its freedom, Robert always agreed. He said that any man industrious enough to save the coin would surely make a good tenant.”
Ian nodded and became reabsorbed in the pages. Reyna returned to her philosophy, but periodically glanced over to watch the way the firelight flickered over his handsome face. His arrival this evening had surprised her.MoreLess
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