The Dragon Throne
The Dragon Throne
““My husband is off fighting to capture the Holy Sepulcher,” said Isolda, in the tone of someone recounting a timeworn grief. “Every night I pray for his return.” Although some Crusaders have already begun to find their way home, she did not have to add, mine has not.
The lady of the estate had managed the farmland, with the aid of a steward. All over Christendom such women were carrying on the responsibilities of harvest and repair, lifting prayers every evening for the safe return of husbands ...and fathers.
“And you are all,” added the lady of the castle, arousing herself from her sadness, “bound for Rome?”
“By the grace of God,” said Ester, “and with the merciful help of my lady Queen Eleanor.”
This was far from the first time Ester had mentioned the queen in Isolda’s presence. She was reminding the good Lady Isolda that she had nearly allowed a party of pilgrims endowed by a royal lady to be killed or captured by the merest riffraff of knighthood.
Ester spared many long glances toward Rannulf.MoreLess
The lady of the estate had managed the farmland, with the aid of a steward. All over Christendom such women were carrying on the responsibilities of harvest and repair, lifting prayers every evening for the safe return of husbands ...and fathers.
“And you are all,” added the lady of the castle, arousing herself from her sadness, “bound for Rome?”
“By the grace of God,” said Ester, “and with the merciful help of my lady Queen Eleanor.”
This was far from the first time Ester had mentioned the queen in Isolda’s presence. She was reminding the good Lady Isolda that she had nearly allowed a party of pilgrims endowed by a royal lady to be killed or captured by the merest riffraff of knighthood.
Ester spared many long glances toward Rannulf.MoreLess
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