Reign of Madness
“Much can happen in fifteen months. A ship can sail to the Indies and back. Babes can be conceived and born. Courts can be uprooted and all the possessions and people who care for them packed piecemeal onto ox carts. Love can flicker and wane.“So tell me,” said Philippe, “what is she like?”My gaze flew up from where it had been pinned to my horse’s neck, bobbing in time with its clopping. I glanced at the oak forest through which we were passing, at the soldiers riding just ahead, the flags of t...he standard-bearers snapping. Philippe was watching me with an amused frown.“I am sorry,” I said. “What?”“You were sleeping in the saddle.”“I wasn’t.” I was thinking about Charles, pushing the little cart I’d had made for him. Not yet twenty-one months old, and he was running behind his cart like a three-year-old. I could still hear him chuckling along with the squeak of the wooden wheels. What would he be like when I next saw him? Even if we raced through France, forged into the Spains, snapped up our titles as Mother’s heirs, and then bustled back home, it would take a minimum of four months to make the journey.MoreLess
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