The Walking Drum (1984)
“Once he came at me with a burning brand, poking it at my eyes. He burned my chin, and one ear was singed, but when I swung my crutch and tripped him, he fell into the fire. He screamed and rolled away from the fire, but while he cursed me, he stayed out of reach.
Something moved in the shadows beyond the fire. Firelight flickered on a silken flank."Ayesha!" The name burst involuntarily from my lips, and I saw her head go up, her ears prick at the familiar name.
My tormentor at the fire turned a...s if stung, and then he saw the mare. He leaped to his feet, staring at her and panting audibly.
"It is your horse?" His beady eyes shined with malice. "Call it. Call it over, and you shall have this!" He held up a filthy bone I would not have given to a dog.
To think of my mare in the hands of this fiend was frightening, but Ayesha, spirited though she was, could be caught when I was around. Unless something was done, he would have not only me to torture but the mare also.
"I can bring her to me, but she is frightened of strangers." Slowly, carefully, I shifted my sitting position.MoreLess
Something moved in the shadows beyond the fire. Firelight flickered on a silken flank."Ayesha!" The name burst involuntarily from my lips, and I saw her head go up, her ears prick at the familiar name.
My tormentor at the fire turned a...s if stung, and then he saw the mare. He leaped to his feet, staring at her and panting audibly.
"It is your horse?" His beady eyes shined with malice. "Call it. Call it over, and you shall have this!" He held up a filthy bone I would not have given to a dog.
To think of my mare in the hands of this fiend was frightening, but Ayesha, spirited though she was, could be caught when I was around. Unless something was done, he would have not only me to torture but the mare also.
"I can bring her to me, but she is frightened of strangers." Slowly, carefully, I shifted my sitting position.MoreLess
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Guest 10 months ago
I fhte bretons were still pagan as has been mentioned earlier a couple of tiems, then they had NO Purgatory. Another example of Lamour's looseness with historical facts, besides the exact dating by the scholars of books written and things done 1000 years before which they could NOT possible have known , and doutlless actually did not know of the actual events even.
Guest 10 months ago
How could the assassins be sent out because they were drugged , to kill whoever they were instructed to kill. After all how longdoes a dose of drug last however large. If too large it will kill the guy.
Guest 10 months ago
In those days and with such small craft they had NO tillers. It had not yet been invented. They used steering oars and we've seen many in woodcuts and early paintings. The large oar was attached at the gunwale near the rear of the boat ,It was this oar, which directed the progress of the boat.
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