The Raven's Head
“I knew that Tantine and her little vixens might return to cut my throat just as soon as they thought the drugged wine had rendered me senseless, or that the watchmen might, even now, be on their way to seize me if I had mistaken the purpose of that knife, but either way, I dared not make a move in daylight.
I’d already decided there was only one way out of that loft-room and indeed out of the town, but I would have to wait until the cover of darkness to try it and in the meantime I had to stay ...alert for the slightest creak that might mean someone was mounting the stairs.
Even an hour spent in a woman’s gown convinced me that if I was to move with any speed it wasn’t going to be in skirts. But I didn’t want to risk changing back into my own clothes, for by now the whole countryside probably had a description of them. I rummaged in the second chest and found an assortment of less than savoury garments, but I forced myself to pull on a short tunic and breeches that stank of onion, which, trust me, was the least offensive odour of the many fragrances on offer.MoreLess
I’d already decided there was only one way out of that loft-room and indeed out of the town, but I would have to wait until the cover of darkness to try it and in the meantime I had to stay ...alert for the slightest creak that might mean someone was mounting the stairs.
Even an hour spent in a woman’s gown convinced me that if I was to move with any speed it wasn’t going to be in skirts. But I didn’t want to risk changing back into my own clothes, for by now the whole countryside probably had a description of them. I rummaged in the second chest and found an assortment of less than savoury garments, but I forced myself to pull on a short tunic and breeches that stank of onion, which, trust me, was the least offensive odour of the many fragrances on offer.MoreLess
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