Three Dog Knight
“That way, he didn’t have time to contemplate the new life that lay after the wedding day. The prospect terrified him.
He cornered the castle chaplain, told him that he would marry Alicia at eight o’clock in the morning the day after tomorrow. He brushed aside the reedy priest’s stuttered objections to the hasty ceremony.
“Proclaim the banns at the three masses tomorrow.” With that, the young Earl of Thornbury left his confessor gasping in his wake.
He ordered Stokes to send messengers with invi...tations to the neighboring nobility—even to his near neighbor and frequent enemy, Sir Roger Ormond of Snape Castle. At least, there would be one day Ormond could not poach Cavendish game.
Thomas plunged the kitchens, buttery and scullery into total chaos by demanding a large wedding breakfast prepared for all the tenants, villagers and guests. Master Konrad mopped his broad brow when he scanned the menu prepared by the bridegroom.
“Sturgeon, my lord?” The cook frowned. “I do not know if I can procure such a rare fish in time.”MoreLess
He cornered the castle chaplain, told him that he would marry Alicia at eight o’clock in the morning the day after tomorrow. He brushed aside the reedy priest’s stuttered objections to the hasty ceremony.
“Proclaim the banns at the three masses tomorrow.” With that, the young Earl of Thornbury left his confessor gasping in his wake.
He ordered Stokes to send messengers with invi...tations to the neighboring nobility—even to his near neighbor and frequent enemy, Sir Roger Ormond of Snape Castle. At least, there would be one day Ormond could not poach Cavendish game.
Thomas plunged the kitchens, buttery and scullery into total chaos by demanding a large wedding breakfast prepared for all the tenants, villagers and guests. Master Konrad mopped his broad brow when he scanned the menu prepared by the bridegroom.
“Sturgeon, my lord?” The cook frowned. “I do not know if I can procure such a rare fish in time.”MoreLess
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