Strongbow (2012)
“No sooner had we learned of his arrival than a messenger came from him, inviting Father to take part in the capture of Waterford.
My father was startled. He told me, ‘I thought Strongbow would want to meet me first so we could plan together. I thought he’d want my advice, my ideas, my leadership …’ ‘He doesn’t appear to need it,’ I remarked thoughtlessly. It was the first time I ever recall hurting my father’s feelings, and I was sorry at once.
Father went off by himself, with a black s...cowl on his face. He made no effort to hurry to Waterford. Nor, as it proved, was there any need. Within two days we learned that Waterford had fallen, and now Father was being formally summoned by the conqueror.
‘Richard de Clare, Earl of Strigul, requests Dermot, King of Leinster, together with his daughter Aoife, to attend him at once in Waterford town,’ the messenger announced.
Father was both furious and admiring at the same time.MoreLess
My father was startled. He told me, ‘I thought Strongbow would want to meet me first so we could plan together. I thought he’d want my advice, my ideas, my leadership …’ ‘He doesn’t appear to need it,’ I remarked thoughtlessly. It was the first time I ever recall hurting my father’s feelings, and I was sorry at once.
Father went off by himself, with a black s...cowl on his face. He made no effort to hurry to Waterford. Nor, as it proved, was there any need. Within two days we learned that Waterford had fallen, and now Father was being formally summoned by the conqueror.
‘Richard de Clare, Earl of Strigul, requests Dermot, King of Leinster, together with his daughter Aoife, to attend him at once in Waterford town,’ the messenger announced.
Father was both furious and admiring at the same time.MoreLess
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