The Poisoned Serpent
““I think I owe you an apology,” he said to Hugh with charming diffidence. “I drank too much last night and I remember saying some things that were rather objectionable.”
Hugh took a drink from his ale cup. “Think nothing of it, Richard,” he replied, placing the cup on the table.
Richard went resolutely on. “At any rate, I apologize.” His blue eyes were rueful. “I should never drink more than two cups of wine. Whenever I do, I tend to say things that I don’t mean.”
Alan, who knew how difficult i...t must be for Richard to apologize to Hugh, was immensely proud of his lord’s grace.
“Really?” Hugh returned, somehow managing to make the single word sound like an insult. “Wine has just the opposite effect on most people.”
Alan grimly restrained an impulse to smash Hugh across one of his elegant cheekbones.
At this moment, Gervase joined them at the table. He lifted his napkin, shook it out, and looked at his son.
“You were drunk last night, Richard.”
His tone was perfectly neutral, but the expression on his face was grave.MoreLess
Hugh took a drink from his ale cup. “Think nothing of it, Richard,” he replied, placing the cup on the table.
Richard went resolutely on. “At any rate, I apologize.” His blue eyes were rueful. “I should never drink more than two cups of wine. Whenever I do, I tend to say things that I don’t mean.”
Alan, who knew how difficult i...t must be for Richard to apologize to Hugh, was immensely proud of his lord’s grace.
“Really?” Hugh returned, somehow managing to make the single word sound like an insult. “Wine has just the opposite effect on most people.”
Alan grimly restrained an impulse to smash Hugh across one of his elegant cheekbones.
At this moment, Gervase joined them at the table. He lifted his napkin, shook it out, and looked at his son.
“You were drunk last night, Richard.”
His tone was perfectly neutral, but the expression on his face was grave.MoreLess
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