Willows for Weeping
“I'm so worried, I can't sleep.' Winifred wriggled closer to Janna as she lay down once more to rest.
'Then you must talk to me here, for we can't go outside.' Ralph had not followed Janna in. She wondered what he was up to out there, if he was also finding it hard to sleep in these cramped confines. Or was it worry about his cousin that kept him awake? If so, he could always go back to Wiltune to see for himself the identity of the stranger.
She shifted uneasily. Where had Ralph come from this ...day if not from Wiltune? Was there another purpose for his coming here, something entirely unconnected with his cousin?
But there was no reason to doubt him. He could have come from anywhere, travelling as he was on horseback and able to traverse many more miles in a day than they could. And his curiosity was understandable. Janna wished she could tell him that the dead man was the bishop's messenger. While she was fairly sure that Bernard had the truth of the matter, that the man's death had been an accident, Janna wasn't sure he was right in thinking the matter of so little import that it would suffice to carry the message to the empress himself, particularly given their slow rate of progress.MoreLess
'Then you must talk to me here, for we can't go outside.' Ralph had not followed Janna in. She wondered what he was up to out there, if he was also finding it hard to sleep in these cramped confines. Or was it worry about his cousin that kept him awake? If so, he could always go back to Wiltune to see for himself the identity of the stranger.
She shifted uneasily. Where had Ralph come from this ...day if not from Wiltune? Was there another purpose for his coming here, something entirely unconnected with his cousin?
But there was no reason to doubt him. He could have come from anywhere, travelling as he was on horseback and able to traverse many more miles in a day than they could. And his curiosity was understandable. Janna wished she could tell him that the dead man was the bishop's messenger. While she was fairly sure that Bernard had the truth of the matter, that the man's death had been an accident, Janna wasn't sure he was right in thinking the matter of so little import that it would suffice to carry the message to the empress himself, particularly given their slow rate of progress.MoreLess
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