The Saltergate Psalter (2015)
“He’d have missed it entirely in the darkness if the moonlight hadn’t glinted on something metallic. The scallop shell pilgrim badge that someone had given Walter months before and that he’d pinned proudly to the hat.
The rough wool, the black raven feather. It was his. Could he have dropped it and still be out searching for it? That would be just like the lad, to become so caught up in what he was doing that he’d forget everything else.
John put the cap in his scrip and made his way back around... the town. There were fewer people out now. Even the sots and wastrels had taken to their beds. His footsteps echoed off the cobbles as he walked, the only sound in the stillness.
Nothing.
Outside the Guildhall he spotted one of the bailiff’s men. He hadn’t seen Walter, but he’d tell the others and they’d keep watch for him.
He made his way back to Saltergate, muttering a prayer for God to keep the boy safe. He might have come home while John was searching.
But God wasn’t listening tonight.MoreLess
The rough wool, the black raven feather. It was his. Could he have dropped it and still be out searching for it? That would be just like the lad, to become so caught up in what he was doing that he’d forget everything else.
John put the cap in his scrip and made his way back around... the town. There were fewer people out now. Even the sots and wastrels had taken to their beds. His footsteps echoed off the cobbles as he walked, the only sound in the stillness.
Nothing.
Outside the Guildhall he spotted one of the bailiff’s men. He hadn’t seen Walter, but he’d tell the others and they’d keep watch for him.
He made his way back to Saltergate, muttering a prayer for God to keep the boy safe. He might have come home while John was searching.
But God wasn’t listening tonight.MoreLess
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