Northern Knight
“I knew not the reason save that the letter, from the Earl of Gloucester, spoke of fulfilling our oath to the Empress. As we made our way south I wondered what it would entail.
"Perhaps we are to guard her now that she is to become the next Queen of England." "I would not relish that prospect, Edward. I have a young family. If we have to guard the Empress then it will take us many miles from my home. The Empress would not relish the north. I suspect it will be another journey back to Norma...ndy. I know that she has many enemies there." Not least the brothers Blois, eh Baron?" "Exactly." The two brothers, Stephen and Theobald, were now like a thorn in my side or, more appropriately, a nagging ache in my tooth which came and went but the threat was always there. A thorn I could remove but not this nagging spectre of Norman enemies.
The journey south was swifter than the one north had been and this time we were to be accommodated close to the royal apartments in the Tower.MoreLess
"Perhaps we are to guard her now that she is to become the next Queen of England." "I would not relish that prospect, Edward. I have a young family. If we have to guard the Empress then it will take us many miles from my home. The Empress would not relish the north. I suspect it will be another journey back to Norma...ndy. I know that she has many enemies there." Not least the brothers Blois, eh Baron?" "Exactly." The two brothers, Stephen and Theobald, were now like a thorn in my side or, more appropriately, a nagging ache in my tooth which came and went but the threat was always there. A thorn I could remove but not this nagging spectre of Norman enemies.
The journey south was swifter than the one north had been and this time we were to be accommodated close to the royal apartments in the Tower.MoreLess
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