The Wise Woman
“Alys cast off the cloak and crept naked into bed. She stuffed the sodden purse with the candle dolls beneath her pillow, and pushed her damp hair away from her face. Then she slept and dreamed of the castle as her own, her own ladies calling her Lady Alys, and Hugo’s warm body sleeping beside her. She turned in her sleep and said his name very softly, and smiled. Even when Eliza roughly shook her awake Alys stayed within the joyful confidence of her dream. She smiled at Eliza. He loves me, Alys... thought. He loves me and he has promised to find a way for us to be together.
“My lady wants you,” Eliza said dourly. “She’s shouting for you, complaining you’re late. Best make haste.”
Alys shook off her lazy contentment, jumped out of bed, threw on her dark blue gown and stuffed her hair in a dark blue cap, and fled across the gallery to Lady Catherine’s bedroom.
“My lady?” she asked as she opened the door.MoreLess
“My lady wants you,” Eliza said dourly. “She’s shouting for you, complaining you’re late. Best make haste.”
Alys shook off her lazy contentment, jumped out of bed, threw on her dark blue gown and stuffed her hair in a dark blue cap, and fled across the gallery to Lady Catherine’s bedroom.
“My lady?” she asked as she opened the door.MoreLess
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