Scarlet (2008)
Scarlet
“I had little choice but to carry on as best I could, hoping all the while that when we reached the meeting place in the forest I might alert Bran to the disaster before the trap was sprung. Our plan to capture the sheriff when he arrived to escort the merchant’s wagons depended wholly on de Glanville’s eagerness to catch King Raven. Not one of us had foreseen the possibility that he would choose to stay home.
As I led those knights and soldiers into the wood on that clear bright day, I felt... as if I was leading them to my own funeral . . .
Odo thinks this is funny. He stifles a chuckle, but I see his sly smirk. “Tell me, monk,” says I, “since you know so much—which is funnier, a man about to die speaking of funerals? Or a priest laughing at death while the devil tugs at his elbow?”
“Sorry, my lor—” He catches himself again, and amends his words. “Sorry, Will, I didn’t mean anything. I thought it amusing, is all.”MoreLess
As I led those knights and soldiers into the wood on that clear bright day, I felt... as if I was leading them to my own funeral . . .
Odo thinks this is funny. He stifles a chuckle, but I see his sly smirk. “Tell me, monk,” says I, “since you know so much—which is funnier, a man about to die speaking of funerals? Or a priest laughing at death while the devil tugs at his elbow?”
“Sorry, my lor—” He catches himself again, and amends his words. “Sorry, Will, I didn’t mean anything. I thought it amusing, is all.”MoreLess
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