What a Lady Most Desires (2014)
“There was no fear of the candle keeping the major awake. While the rest of his wounds were healing nicely, there was no sign of his vision returning.
Alan used the Bible, the only book he knew by heart, searching for the words he needed, and copying them into a notebook. It was frustratingly slow, but there was no other way. If the lance had struck but an inch to the left, if it hadn’t been for the major . . . his hand cramped around the pencil, and he let go, flexed his fingers, and picked... it up again. Time was running out.
Alan wished he could ask what punishment an officer might face if he were found guilty of cowardice. Would he be stripped of his rank, disgraced, or did they hang officers the way they’d hang a common soldier for such an offense? It couldn’t be allowed, not when Browning knew Major Ives was innocent.
Alan had been a soldier since he was fifteen. A local lass had rebuffed his attentions, and imagining that the world had come to an end, he’d run away to take the King’s shilling.MoreLess
Alan used the Bible, the only book he knew by heart, searching for the words he needed, and copying them into a notebook. It was frustratingly slow, but there was no other way. If the lance had struck but an inch to the left, if it hadn’t been for the major . . . his hand cramped around the pencil, and he let go, flexed his fingers, and picked... it up again. Time was running out.
Alan wished he could ask what punishment an officer might face if he were found guilty of cowardice. Would he be stripped of his rank, disgraced, or did they hang officers the way they’d hang a common soldier for such an offense? It couldn’t be allowed, not when Browning knew Major Ives was innocent.
Alan had been a soldier since he was fifteen. A local lass had rebuffed his attentions, and imagining that the world had come to an end, he’d run away to take the King’s shilling.MoreLess
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