The Giants' Dance
“But it was not until the day after, when the duke’s scouts had made their report, that the lords of Ludford sent men out to rouse up their forces.
As the moon swung higher Will’s feelings of disquiet had begun to rise again. He began to feel feverish. His eye ranged along the lines of fresh earthworks and trenches – great heaps of brown soil had been piled up and many young trees cut down and hauled away to make breastworks and timber walls to secure the approaches to the town. The Earl War...rewyk’s great guns had already been drawn up to face the place from which the attack would most likely come.
The wizard too looked out over the cold, misty morning. Smudges of smoke rose in the distance, marking the place where the king’s host now rested. A thousand camp fires had flared through the night, tainting the air. Down below, the earthworks were manned and everything stood in readiness.
‘Hearken to Friend Richard’s voice,’ Gwydion said, looking down from the town walls near Broad Gate.MoreLess
As the moon swung higher Will’s feelings of disquiet had begun to rise again. He began to feel feverish. His eye ranged along the lines of fresh earthworks and trenches – great heaps of brown soil had been piled up and many young trees cut down and hauled away to make breastworks and timber walls to secure the approaches to the town. The Earl War...rewyk’s great guns had already been drawn up to face the place from which the attack would most likely come.
The wizard too looked out over the cold, misty morning. Smudges of smoke rose in the distance, marking the place where the king’s host now rested. A thousand camp fires had flared through the night, tainting the air. Down below, the earthworks were manned and everything stood in readiness.
‘Hearken to Friend Richard’s voice,’ Gwydion said, looking down from the town walls near Broad Gate.MoreLess
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