The Faithful Heart
“I bloody knew it!” Jack hollered as he ran out of the cloister along with Crispin and Aubrey after Joanna sounded the alarm. “I knew I saw those bloody wankers loiterin’ about the place!”
The three of them met Joanna in the center of the courtyard. “They came from the garden,” she reported.
“How long have they been here?” Crispin demanded.
“I don’t know, my lord.”
“I’m goin’ after them,” Jack growled.
“Jack, no, wait!” Crispin called after him as he sprinted for the stables. He wasn’t in the mo...od to be held back Several horses belonging to Derbyshire nobles were being lodged in the stables, some already saddled and ready to go. Jack mounted the first one he reached and kicked it to a run.
It was a good steed and shot him like an arrow past Crispin, still yelling at him in the courtyard, and out of Derby Castle’s gate into the city. Townspeople leapt out of his way as he charged through narrow streets.
The cart was nowhere in sight by the time he galloped through the city gates and into the countryside, but there was only one place it could have gone.MoreLess
The three of them met Joanna in the center of the courtyard. “They came from the garden,” she reported.
“How long have they been here?” Crispin demanded.
“I don’t know, my lord.”
“I’m goin’ after them,” Jack growled.
“Jack, no, wait!” Crispin called after him as he sprinted for the stables. He wasn’t in the mo...od to be held back Several horses belonging to Derbyshire nobles were being lodged in the stables, some already saddled and ready to go. Jack mounted the first one he reached and kicked it to a run.
It was a good steed and shot him like an arrow past Crispin, still yelling at him in the courtyard, and out of Derby Castle’s gate into the city. Townspeople leapt out of his way as he charged through narrow streets.
The cart was nowhere in sight by the time he galloped through the city gates and into the countryside, but there was only one place it could have gone.MoreLess
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