The Silver Bowl
“We left him at the inn to make his arrangements and stable the horses, while we made haste toward the west gate of Dethemere Castle.
We waited in the guardhouse while enquiries were made as to whether any of the servants would vouch for us and whether they wished to take us back into service in our former positions. They did, right gladly. Indeed, everyone seemed pitifully grateful to have us. They were overburdened and understaffed. So many had fled; so few had returned.
It was strange to be b...ack there again, for everything—and nothing—had changed. Reynard slept in the king’s chamber now, and the guards on the ramparts were from Austlind. But my bed was still in the storeroom, just as I’d left it, with my old work clothes folded and tucked beneath the pillow. The few coins I’d saved from my pay lay untouched in the apron pocket. Winifred’s belongings were there beside mine, and I felt a stab of missing her—for all that she tossed in the night and kept me awake. I vowed to take her things with me when I went and to see that they got to her somehow.MoreLess
We waited in the guardhouse while enquiries were made as to whether any of the servants would vouch for us and whether they wished to take us back into service in our former positions. They did, right gladly. Indeed, everyone seemed pitifully grateful to have us. They were overburdened and understaffed. So many had fled; so few had returned.
It was strange to be b...ack there again, for everything—and nothing—had changed. Reynard slept in the king’s chamber now, and the guards on the ramparts were from Austlind. But my bed was still in the storeroom, just as I’d left it, with my old work clothes folded and tucked beneath the pillow. The few coins I’d saved from my pay lay untouched in the apron pocket. Winifred’s belongings were there beside mine, and I felt a stab of missing her—for all that she tossed in the night and kept me awake. I vowed to take her things with me when I went and to see that they got to her somehow.MoreLess
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