Owen massaged the coarse hairs of the beard that grew along his cheek as if in thought. “The Jadeson River, yes I believe we did cross it.” His index finger punctuated his play at recalling a crossing he had not even forgotten. He tsked and nodded his head as if remembering the incident in question. In reality, he was stalling to think up an amusing lie as to the fate of the bridge.
“We did cross it and camped on the nearside of the river one evening. My men get a bit rowdy at camp and one particular soldier found himself amused by the thought of pissing off the side of the bridge into the river. He tripped on the way back to camp and dropped his torch. The timber was dry and poof up it went in flame.”
Owen watched her reaching for something in the tree. He thought to assist her but quickly discarded it as he preferred to admire the line of her body as it lengthened out in her struggle to reach. He accepted the fruit wordlessly and made a cursory inspection of the odd fruit. The outside felt coarse under finger.
“Don’t worry. I’ve instructed my deputy to send timber and stone and our best masons to erect a new, grander bridge for the crossing. A covered stone archway.” His free hand made an arc to demonstrate the structure. “Hartwydt Bridge.”
He grinned at her and bit into the fruit given to him with no further inspection or request for how it was eaten. The skin was tough but his teeth broke through it. He secured a modest chunk of the fruit. Though it was sweet he found the coarse feel of the skin in his mouth unpalatable and spit the bit of fruit out. He wiped angrily at juice on his lips.
“What is this?” He demanded. “It’s hairy and awful.” He complained ungratefully.
Holland did not respond or possibly did not hear when Maeve first stated that she was there to discuss the matter of the forged invitation. He was caught up in assisting her to remove the ink from her fingers. He felt a desire to serve the handmaiden in some way. Even if small.
Carefully and gently, Holland rubbed the serum soaked handkerchief over her fingers. Only a little pressure was needed to lift the pigment from her skin and onto the cloth.
There was no guile in the smile he presented her. “Ah. Yes. Well. Presently speaking.” He folded up the dirtied handkerchief and placed it on the desk. Holland folded his hands in front of him as if to wait for how the subject of the invitation was to be discussed.
Something occurred to him. “Ah! You might find a slight oily residue on your fingers. There’s a basin of water just there and some soap.” He pointed to an open door that led into the interior most chamber - his bedroom. “I’m afraid the water’s gone cold by now. I had it brought up to shave this morning but time got away from me. You’re welcome to it.” He gestured with his palm that she might excuse herself to wash her hands if she wished to.
“We did cross it and camped on the nearside of the river one evening. My men get a bit rowdy at camp and one particular soldier found himself amused by the thought of pissing off the side of the bridge into the river. He tripped on the way back to camp and dropped his torch. The timber was dry and poof up it went in flame.”
Owen watched her reaching for something in the tree. He thought to assist her but quickly discarded it as he preferred to admire the line of her body as it lengthened out in her struggle to reach. He accepted the fruit wordlessly and made a cursory inspection of the odd fruit. The outside felt coarse under finger.
“Don’t worry. I’ve instructed my deputy to send timber and stone and our best masons to erect a new, grander bridge for the crossing. A covered stone archway.” His free hand made an arc to demonstrate the structure. “Hartwydt Bridge.”
He grinned at her and bit into the fruit given to him with no further inspection or request for how it was eaten. The skin was tough but his teeth broke through it. He secured a modest chunk of the fruit. Though it was sweet he found the coarse feel of the skin in his mouth unpalatable and spit the bit of fruit out. He wiped angrily at juice on his lips.
“What is this?” He demanded. “It’s hairy and awful.” He complained ungratefully.
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Holland did not respond or possibly did not hear when Maeve first stated that she was there to discuss the matter of the forged invitation. He was caught up in assisting her to remove the ink from her fingers. He felt a desire to serve the handmaiden in some way. Even if small.
Carefully and gently, Holland rubbed the serum soaked handkerchief over her fingers. Only a little pressure was needed to lift the pigment from her skin and onto the cloth.
There was no guile in the smile he presented her. “Ah. Yes. Well. Presently speaking.” He folded up the dirtied handkerchief and placed it on the desk. Holland folded his hands in front of him as if to wait for how the subject of the invitation was to be discussed.
Something occurred to him. “Ah! You might find a slight oily residue on your fingers. There’s a basin of water just there and some soap.” He pointed to an open door that led into the interior most chamber - his bedroom. “I’m afraid the water’s gone cold by now. I had it brought up to shave this morning but time got away from me. You’re welcome to it.” He gestured with his palm that she might excuse herself to wash her hands if she wished to.
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