Straw Into Gold
“"Tousle, you need to come forward." "Innes has an arrow in him, just above the shoulder." "Come forward now," she called.
The nurse never turned away from the racing horses. Their breaths came in great snorts, and the white sweat that coated their bodies spattered back to us in gobs. "They're all done in with this. Listen to me." A ridge in the road lifted her nearly off the seat, and one of the horses stumbled. "Listen to me. Find the queen at Saint Eynsham Abbey and ask her the riddle. Sh...e'll know the answer, if anyone is to know it." "You've got to stop for Innes," I called back.
"There's no help for him if we stop now," she screamed back at me."Go back. Draw the arrow out, quick and sharp, and then press his hand to it." "The three horses are down." "By Saint Brendan, it's not the horsemen we're to worry about. Now, you've got to pull the arrow out. And straight, with no twist at all to it, and no up and down." "But I never—" "Do it now.MoreLess
The nurse never turned away from the racing horses. Their breaths came in great snorts, and the white sweat that coated their bodies spattered back to us in gobs. "They're all done in with this. Listen to me." A ridge in the road lifted her nearly off the seat, and one of the horses stumbled. "Listen to me. Find the queen at Saint Eynsham Abbey and ask her the riddle. Sh...e'll know the answer, if anyone is to know it." "You've got to stop for Innes," I called back.
"There's no help for him if we stop now," she screamed back at me."Go back. Draw the arrow out, quick and sharp, and then press his hand to it." "The three horses are down." "By Saint Brendan, it's not the horsemen we're to worry about. Now, you've got to pull the arrow out. And straight, with no twist at all to it, and no up and down." "But I never—" "Do it now.MoreLess
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