Maidensong
“She leaned on the sill and inhaled. Nothing. The fragrance was sweet, but she could find no joy in it. It was as though a shroud had been draped over her heart and she knew neither pleasure nor pain. She wondered whether she’d ever feel anything again.
Rika scanned the courtyard below and found Ornolf and Jorand sitting under the pergola, heads together, speaking in low voices. Whether by a fluke of architecture or by design, every word floated up to her third-floor room. She wondered whether t...he other chambers in the women’s quarters enjoyed the same covert advantage.
“So he has enlisted, then?” she heard Ornolf ask.
“Ja, he made his mark on the tablet yesterday afternoon.”
“Probably just as well. He needs a change,” Ornolf said. “And besides, the spoils of war can make a man rich. He’ll make a fortune with his blade, no doubt. But we will have to find another man to make the trip back north next spring. I don’t want to portage around Aeifor short-handed again. When will the regiment leave the city?”MoreLess
Rika scanned the courtyard below and found Ornolf and Jorand sitting under the pergola, heads together, speaking in low voices. Whether by a fluke of architecture or by design, every word floated up to her third-floor room. She wondered whether t...he other chambers in the women’s quarters enjoyed the same covert advantage.
“So he has enlisted, then?” she heard Ornolf ask.
“Ja, he made his mark on the tablet yesterday afternoon.”
“Probably just as well. He needs a change,” Ornolf said. “And besides, the spoils of war can make a man rich. He’ll make a fortune with his blade, no doubt. But we will have to find another man to make the trip back north next spring. I don’t want to portage around Aeifor short-handed again. When will the regiment leave the city?”MoreLess
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