Romancing Robin Hood
“Her heart thudded harder as she waited to see who was coming to see her.
Sarah, her jaw set firmer than ever, grey shadows around her eyes suggesting that she hadn’t slept too well either, beckoned urgently to Mathilda to follow her.
Bunching her right hand into a fist so that the hidden weapon didn’t slide from her sleeve, Mathilda scrambled out of the cell and went with the housekeeper, not to the kitchen as she’d expected, but to a bedroom.
Only when the door had been shut behind them, did S...arah speak. ‘This is my Lord Robert’s room. You will assist me in making up his bed and collecting his dirty linen for washing. And more importantly, you will keep your mouth shut and listen. We don’t have long.’ Hoping that her compliance would lead to Sarah telling her what was going on; Mathilda tucked and smoothed the rough sheet. The hems and backside of her clothes were soiled from the damp and slime of the cell, and stuck to her legs. Mathilda was thankful for the warmth from the dying embers of the fire that had been warming Robert’s room during the night.MoreLess
Sarah, her jaw set firmer than ever, grey shadows around her eyes suggesting that she hadn’t slept too well either, beckoned urgently to Mathilda to follow her.
Bunching her right hand into a fist so that the hidden weapon didn’t slide from her sleeve, Mathilda scrambled out of the cell and went with the housekeeper, not to the kitchen as she’d expected, but to a bedroom.
Only when the door had been shut behind them, did S...arah speak. ‘This is my Lord Robert’s room. You will assist me in making up his bed and collecting his dirty linen for washing. And more importantly, you will keep your mouth shut and listen. We don’t have long.’ Hoping that her compliance would lead to Sarah telling her what was going on; Mathilda tucked and smoothed the rough sheet. The hems and backside of her clothes were soiled from the damp and slime of the cell, and stuck to her legs. Mathilda was thankful for the warmth from the dying embers of the fire that had been warming Robert’s room during the night.MoreLess
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