The Death Ship of Dartmouth: (Knights Templar 21)
“For the most part his story was laboured, repetitive and self-pitying, but the men gained a good feeling for his tale.
He had come to with a sore head, soaked with water from a bucket which the host of the tavern had thrown over him. Walking home, he almost fell into the hole in the road, and then, horrified, saw that another had already fallen in there. He recognised the man who had asked him to follow the Frenchman. Rather than see all profit lost, he went down into the hole and rifled his pu...rse, taking his three shillings and another twelve pennies as payment for his trouble. He thought that was fair. Not being a thief, he left the rest in his purse. Some men came past, singing, and he ducked down, scurrying away later when all was quiet.
Edith helped her father to his feet, and sighed as Baldwin watched him closely. ‘Isn’t it enough you’ve shown him to be a drunken oaf who cares more about filling his gullet with ale than feeding his children?’ she asked. There were tears in her eyes.MoreLess
He had come to with a sore head, soaked with water from a bucket which the host of the tavern had thrown over him. Walking home, he almost fell into the hole in the road, and then, horrified, saw that another had already fallen in there. He recognised the man who had asked him to follow the Frenchman. Rather than see all profit lost, he went down into the hole and rifled his pu...rse, taking his three shillings and another twelve pennies as payment for his trouble. He thought that was fair. Not being a thief, he left the rest in his purse. Some men came past, singing, and he ducked down, scurrying away later when all was quiet.
Edith helped her father to his feet, and sighed as Baldwin watched him closely. ‘Isn’t it enough you’ve shown him to be a drunken oaf who cares more about filling his gullet with ale than feeding his children?’ she asked. There were tears in her eyes.MoreLess
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