The Iron Castle (Outlaw Chronicles)
“‘It seems the Sparrow is one of your own men, Sir Alan.’ I was completely wrong-footed. My thoughts had been so entirely consumed by the bright glow of his daughter that I had difficulty comprehending him.
I looked across the courtyard and saw two men-at-arms in Sir Joscelyn’s colours grasping the shoulders of a tiny, wretched figure who drooped between them.
It was Little Niels.
‘I had my men keep a close watch on the walls all last night,’ said Sir Joscelyn, ‘and in the small hours we caught ...this fellow, red-handed, on the north wall engaged in commerce with the French below.’ We were walking together to the trio and I saw Roger de Lacy and Robin crossing from the keep, converging on the prisoner. As I drew closer, I saw that Little Niels had been badly beaten, his cheery urchin face a mass of purpling bruises. All his fingers seemed to have been broken, too. They were crooked, misshapen and scabbed with dry blood.
‘He’s confessed, has he?’ said de Lacy.
‘Yes, my lord,’ said one of the men-at-arms.MoreLess
I looked across the courtyard and saw two men-at-arms in Sir Joscelyn’s colours grasping the shoulders of a tiny, wretched figure who drooped between them.
It was Little Niels.
‘I had my men keep a close watch on the walls all last night,’ said Sir Joscelyn, ‘and in the small hours we caught ...this fellow, red-handed, on the north wall engaged in commerce with the French below.’ We were walking together to the trio and I saw Roger de Lacy and Robin crossing from the keep, converging on the prisoner. As I drew closer, I saw that Little Niels had been badly beaten, his cheery urchin face a mass of purpling bruises. All his fingers seemed to have been broken, too. They were crooked, misshapen and scabbed with dry blood.
‘He’s confessed, has he?’ said de Lacy.
‘Yes, my lord,’ said one of the men-at-arms.MoreLess
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