The Bastard's Tale
“Thread, needles, and scissors were tidied away and the four of them rose to go their separate ways, but Mistress Wilde drew Frevisse a little aside, letting the other women go ahead while she said with mild concern, “One thing. I’ve seen Joliffe Noreys talking at you. Much though I like him, I doubt he’s above plaguing a nun for a pastime when he’s in one of his fey humours. If he’s a bother, just tell me and I’ll see to him.” ‘He’s been no bother,“ Frevisse answered. At least not in the way Mi...stress Wilde meant. ”And Master John likes him.“ ‘Children always like Joliffe and he likes them. He has a good heart under his jesting ways,“ Mistress Wilde said warmly. ”Until this afternoon, then.“ With the comfort that maybe Joliffe’s friendship to John had not been merely expedient after all, Frevisse went off to dinner and after it fetched John, relieved when a maidservant told her that Lady Alice was, as usual, gone to companion the queen. No message had been left either and Frevisse chose to think that meant Alice had no new trouble to share with her. That was as well, because John proved to be trouble enough.MoreLess
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