Writ in Stone
“He has responsibility for deciding alliances and for making the most profitable bargains for his people.
Conall answered the knock on the door, but Turlough was already thundering down the stairs and he immediately thrust aside his bodyguard.
‘My dear love,’ he said, enveloping Mara in one of his bear-like hugs, ‘my dear love, I’ve been worrying about you. I’m a poor warrior to be hiding away in a house while you are out there in danger. The more I think of it, no matter what Fergal says, I thi...nk that rock was meant to hit you.’ Mara disentangled herself and cast a quick glance at Fergal. He looked weary. No doubt he had been having a bad time for the last half hour.
‘It wasn’t a rock,’ she said lightly, ‘it was the carved head of St Bernard himself, so the mason tells me.’ ‘Thank God that Brehon from Tyrone arrived and you were not there,’ continued Turlough, eyeing her anxiously. ‘There’s been no threats, no more near escapes, have there? You have been careful, have you not?’ ‘So careful,’ said Mara, ‘that I did not even cross the cloister garth by myself.MoreLess
Conall answered the knock on the door, but Turlough was already thundering down the stairs and he immediately thrust aside his bodyguard.
‘My dear love,’ he said, enveloping Mara in one of his bear-like hugs, ‘my dear love, I’ve been worrying about you. I’m a poor warrior to be hiding away in a house while you are out there in danger. The more I think of it, no matter what Fergal says, I thi...nk that rock was meant to hit you.’ Mara disentangled herself and cast a quick glance at Fergal. He looked weary. No doubt he had been having a bad time for the last half hour.
‘It wasn’t a rock,’ she said lightly, ‘it was the carved head of St Bernard himself, so the mason tells me.’ ‘Thank God that Brehon from Tyrone arrived and you were not there,’ continued Turlough, eyeing her anxiously. ‘There’s been no threats, no more near escapes, have there? You have been careful, have you not?’ ‘So careful,’ said Mara, ‘that I did not even cross the cloister garth by myself.MoreLess
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