The Forever Queen
The Forever Queen
“This ring-around of to-and-fro advance and retreat had to be ended. Cnut had to be stopped with a final confrontation, but so much depended on a concerted, united effort, and with men like Streona at his back, Edmund could not feel easy with that dependence. All the same, he could not allow Cnut to entrench himself somewhere, well supplied, for the winter. He would have preferred to have more proof of Eadric’s new-found sense of regret, but then what higher proof could the man give than to figh...t in battle for his acknowledged King?
With misgivings, that same King sent out the war call, and, to his relief, southern England responded to the mournful booming of the war horns, Eadric, with typical effrontery, informing anyone who cared to listen that the fyrds had rallied because of his expression of faith in Edmund. On hearing the boasting for himself, Edmund, tactfully, had made no comment. Godwine, not so level-tempered and coming very close to connecting his fist with Eadric’s mouth, consoled himself by telling himself that he could do whatever he wanted to the cursed man later.MoreLess
With misgivings, that same King sent out the war call, and, to his relief, southern England responded to the mournful booming of the war horns, Eadric, with typical effrontery, informing anyone who cared to listen that the fyrds had rallied because of his expression of faith in Edmund. On hearing the boasting for himself, Edmund, tactfully, had made no comment. Godwine, not so level-tempered and coming very close to connecting his fist with Eadric’s mouth, consoled himself by telling himself that he could do whatever he wanted to the cursed man later.MoreLess
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