The Dagger And the Cross
“The arrival in Acre of the lady of Mortmain with her children and her guardsmen and all her attendants took Elen somewhat by surprise. She had expected it; there had been messages, and she had seen that the house was in order for their coming. But there were so many of them, and they made such noise after the quiet of her solitude. She almost resented them.
The queen was gone days since to Jerusalem and then to Nablus; she had not been able to persuade Elen to follow her. Elen had been content ...to be alone, to drift and to dream; to weep when her courses came in their due time, and she could not have told whether it was relief or regret. She was hopelessly besotted with a man who might be dead before the summer was out; and though she could pray that he would be safe, she knew all too well that he could not come back and be her lover.
All these noisy crowding people did their best to drive him out of her mind. The children needed chasing after, the servants needed watching over, the house needed these stores and that improvement in its furnishings, and someone had to mend the tiles on the roof over the gate.MoreLess
The queen was gone days since to Jerusalem and then to Nablus; she had not been able to persuade Elen to follow her. Elen had been content ...to be alone, to drift and to dream; to weep when her courses came in their due time, and she could not have told whether it was relief or regret. She was hopelessly besotted with a man who might be dead before the summer was out; and though she could pray that he would be safe, she knew all too well that he could not come back and be her lover.
All these noisy crowding people did their best to drive him out of her mind. The children needed chasing after, the servants needed watching over, the house needed these stores and that improvement in its furnishings, and someone had to mend the tiles on the roof over the gate.MoreLess
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