Satan's Fire (A Medieval Mystery Featuring Hugh Corbett)
“Ranulf was already up, searching for his swordbelt. Outside the corridors echoed with the running of feet and shouted orders. Other bells in the Templar manor began to toll. Corbett dressed hurriedly. He wrapped his swordbelt around him and peered through the window: the darkened sky was brightening under the first light of dawn.
‘Are we under attack?’ Ranulf exclaimed, hopping around, putting his boots on.
‘I doubt it,’ Corbett gasped.
There was a hammering at the door. Ranulf drew back the bo...lts. A Templar serjeant, his face blackened, hair awry, his surcoat and hose scorched and filthy, almost fell into the room.
‘Sir Hugh!’ he gasped. ‘The grand master’s compliments but you are to come. There’s a fire in the main building!’ Once outside the guesthouse, Corbett saw the smoke billowing out of the far wing of the manor. The courtyard was now filling with Templars: half-dressed, coughing and spluttering, they were forming a chain so buckets could be passed along. Corbett pushed his way through the door.MoreLess
‘Are we under attack?’ Ranulf exclaimed, hopping around, putting his boots on.
‘I doubt it,’ Corbett gasped.
There was a hammering at the door. Ranulf drew back the bo...lts. A Templar serjeant, his face blackened, hair awry, his surcoat and hose scorched and filthy, almost fell into the room.
‘Sir Hugh!’ he gasped. ‘The grand master’s compliments but you are to come. There’s a fire in the main building!’ Once outside the guesthouse, Corbett saw the smoke billowing out of the far wing of the manor. The courtyard was now filling with Templars: half-dressed, coughing and spluttering, they were forming a chain so buckets could be passed along. Corbett pushed his way through the door.MoreLess
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