The View From the Cart (2014)
“I felt bereft and unreal without him. I wanted to make sure of his safety, and yet I knew he had far more courage and strength than I did. He was also under the eye and hand of his God, and was therefore quite sure of being safe. He knew that whatever might befall him was God’s intention. God would give him all the power and conviction he needed, while at the same time testing his determination. I told myself these things, over and over, as I was given food and warm wrappings and a soft bed of ...sweet hay.
I did not see Enthia again, either. Another woman of much the same age and stature came to be with me, and we talked together. She also had a strange accent, and was harder to understand because she spoke quickly. I asked her to give an account of the place and its significance.
‘It has long been called the Maiden Castle,’ she told me, with a laugh. ‘Countless centuries before this it was occupied by many other folk as well as maidens, like any ordinary village. When you scratch the ground, or climb down into the ditches, there are old bones and pots and tools from long, long ago.MoreLess
I did not see Enthia again, either. Another woman of much the same age and stature came to be with me, and we talked together. She also had a strange accent, and was harder to understand because she spoke quickly. I asked her to give an account of the place and its significance.
‘It has long been called the Maiden Castle,’ she told me, with a laugh. ‘Countless centuries before this it was occupied by many other folk as well as maidens, like any ordinary village. When you scratch the ground, or climb down into the ditches, there are old bones and pots and tools from long, long ago.MoreLess
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