A Murder for Mistress Cwen by Howard of Warwick

Author:Howard of Warwick [Warwick, Howard of]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: comedy detective, cozy crime, humour, Crime, funny book, mystery and detective, Medieval, Historical Fiction, historical detective, comedy
Amazon: B07637P672
Publisher: The Funny Book Company
Published: 2017-10-27T00:00:00+00:00

'What?’ Wat demanded of Hermitage as they sat in the dusty ground outside the castle gate, almost exactly where the guards had thrown them.

'Well, really Wat,’ Hermitage complained, as he stood and dusted himself off, ‘'you could see the fellow wasn't happy. Calling him a servant in that way was bound to make him react badly.’

'He gets up my nose,’ Wat shrugged, 'not trusting us like that.’

'We were lying,’ Hermitage hissed, even though there was no one near to hear them.

'That's not the point. Most of it was true, how dare he not believe the true bits. Jumped up little toad.’

'A jumped up little toad with the keys to the dungeons and an officious guard at his disposal.’

'Well,’ Wat grumbled.

Hermitage could tell from his friend's demeanour that he accepted the handling of Poitron could have gone better. Never one to take advantage of the discomfort of another, which he had been told was another of his significant failings, Hermitage got back to the matter in hand.

'Bonneville was expecting us,’ he said with some wonder, 'what on earth does that mean?’

'Could be anything.’ Wat didn't seem too concerned about the reason for Bonneville's knowledge, 'could be he thinks we've really been sent here to solve the murders.’

'Then why didn't Le Pedvin tell us?’ Hermitage thought it bad enough that all the people doing murders lied, it was still sinful but might be expected from that sort of person. If the people who were supposed be getting you to solve the murders were lying as well, where would it all end?

'If there was nothing in it for him, the man wouldn’t tell his granny the house was on fire,’ Wat pointed out.

Hermitage paused to recollect their meeting with the frightening Norman. They hadn’t actually asked if Bonneville knew all about this, it just seemed, well, obvious that he wouldn’t.

'But he doesn't know we've been instructed to prove he's the guilty one,’ Hermitage said at the end of his contemplation.

'Well obviously,’ Wat said with some disappointment at the naivety in Hermitage's voice.

'He seems a nice sort of chap, bit drunk for first thing in the morning, but quite welcoming and all.’

'He is still a Norman noble,’ Wat pointed out.

'Ah yes,’ said Hermitage, knowing that having people executed was part of the daily routine for the Norman nobility.

Wat was looking around as if unsure which way to go.

‘What do we do now?’ Hermitage asked.

‘I think we need to sort out these murders. I’m not sure how long it will take master Poitron to realize he’s made a horrible mistake.’

‘Really?’

‘Yes. He should have locked us in the dungeon like he said.’

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