The Maid, the Witch And the Cruel Queen (2010)
“It was the most fearsome, exciting and heart-stopping day of my life. I’ll remember it if I live to be a hundred.
I was a serving girl at Lord Scuggate’s manor house – a small castle, really. And I was invisible!
No, really!
I carried the food and the wine from the kitchen to the table and all the grand folk in the great hall ignored me.
They never said “Please”, they just held out a wine cup to be filled. They never, ever said “Thanks!”. It was as if I wasn’t there. Invisible in my shabby blac...k dress.
My mouth stayed shut. But my eyes could see and my ears could hear. That summer evening there was a sudden hammering on the door. Lord Scuggate looked furious.
“Who dares to knock at a Scuggate door that way?” he demanded.
I hurried over the rushes on the stone floor and opened the door. A young man in a coat of blood-red and gold threw his handsome head up and marched in. The hounds by the fireside growled.
“Lord Scuggate of Bewcastle?” the young man asked, and his voice whined like a leaking trumpet.MoreLess
I was a serving girl at Lord Scuggate’s manor house – a small castle, really. And I was invisible!
No, really!
I carried the food and the wine from the kitchen to the table and all the grand folk in the great hall ignored me.
They never said “Please”, they just held out a wine cup to be filled. They never, ever said “Thanks!”. It was as if I wasn’t there. Invisible in my shabby blac...k dress.
My mouth stayed shut. But my eyes could see and my ears could hear. That summer evening there was a sudden hammering on the door. Lord Scuggate looked furious.
“Who dares to knock at a Scuggate door that way?” he demanded.
I hurried over the rushes on the stone floor and opened the door. A young man in a coat of blood-red and gold threw his handsome head up and marched in. The hounds by the fireside growled.
“Lord Scuggate of Bewcastle?” the young man asked, and his voice whined like a leaking trumpet.MoreLess
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