The Urchin of the Riding Stars
“It was a hard and uncomfortable chair, a good place for misery. She was not used to being snapped at and hadn’t deserved it, so she sniffed in a corner out of the way, where somebody was sure to find her. Two mole maids came in carrying black mourning veils, and she drew a paw across her eyes.“Still crying for the queen?” asked one of the moles.“I think the captain was a bit sharp with her just now,” said the other. The moles didn’t like Gleaner, who had become Lady Aspen’s darling so quickly, ...but Captain Husk had been bad-tempered with everyone since the queen died. It was time his wife knew about it.“I didn’t mean any harm,” said Gleaner. “I knew there should be flowers by the coffin and I’d been out in the snow and ice to find something pretty, and I told him so, and he turned and shouted at me for nothing!”“Shouted at you?” said a mole eagerly.“Yes, he shouted that I was to stay away and leave him alone,” she sniffed.Lady Aspen glided into the room.“My poor little Gleaner!”MoreLess
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