[roger the Chapman 05] - Eve of Saint Hyacinth
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“Hyacinth Chapter Three At cockcrow the following morning, I sat up quietly on the pile of straw which had been allocated to me in the still warm kitchen and glanced down at the figure lying beside me.
Jennet remained asleep, the long lashes making two half-moons of reddish gold on her creamy cheeks. Her hair, of the same colour as the lashes and now unbound, streamed across the makeshift pillow of my pack, almost concealing her face. One softly rounded arm was thrown clear of the rough grey blanket which covered us both, and which she had brought with her from the truckle-bed she had abandoned in her mistress's antechamber.
It had been no surprise when, in the small hours of the chilly June morning, Jennet had crept into the kitchen and snuggled down by my side. Her glances, the previous evening, had half-promised such a visit and she knew that the kitchen would be occupied by no one but myself. No other traveller had disturbed Chilworth's peace that day and she had herself informed m...e that the cook, kitchen-maids and pot-boy had sleeping quarters in the main hall, in company with the rest of the servants.MoreLess
Jennet remained asleep, the long lashes making two half-moons of reddish gold on her creamy cheeks. Her hair, of the same colour as the lashes and now unbound, streamed across the makeshift pillow of my pack, almost concealing her face. One softly rounded arm was thrown clear of the rough grey blanket which covered us both, and which she had brought with her from the truckle-bed she had abandoned in her mistress's antechamber.
It had been no surprise when, in the small hours of the chilly June morning, Jennet had crept into the kitchen and snuggled down by my side. Her glances, the previous evening, had half-promised such a visit and she knew that the kitchen would be occupied by no one but myself. No other traveller had disturbed Chilworth's peace that day and she had herself informed m...e that the cook, kitchen-maids and pot-boy had sleeping quarters in the main hall, in company with the rest of the servants.MoreLess
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