Camelot by Jane Yolen

Author:Jane Yolen [Jane Yolen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
ISBN: 0399225404
Published: 2017-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

After we had safely tied up at the Roman pier, I hovered around Lord Artos and his Companions, helping them with their packs and gear. I was unwilling to leave their company. Well, his company. As I had hoped—since Lord Artos was so well acquainted with our Prince—my uncle bade me guide them to the best inn of the town and see them com­fortably settled in case they should find themselves unable to understand the landlord’s rough speech.

That night, as I lay on a straw pallet in the hold of the Corellia, still redolent of seasick odors, I thought of Comes Artos’s quest. Horses! Flow much I missed our horses. Before my father had lost all his substance in two seasons of disastrous storms, we had had many fine beasts in our stables: I had had a mettlesome pony whom I had ridden as if we two were a single centaur. My lather’s sergeant at arms had grudgingly admitted that I was likely to make a competent horseman (praise indeed from that stern fellow). What time I had to spare from my lessons and duties as my father’s heir had been spent in the stable. When my father had fallen upon his sword rather than face ignominious bankruptcy, my uncle—my mother’s elder brother—had grudgingly taken me in. He and his family made a litany out of how much I owed him for his charity, taking the son of a failed man, a spoiled juvenile with but one skill with which I might earn a humble living.

I ought not even to think of horses: they brought back too many painful memories. But I could scarcely help myself. Fine big strong horses, to be ridden by fine big strong men! Surely they’d need a horseboy to assist them on their travels? Surely I could make myself so useful to the Comes Britannorium that he would beg the loan of me from my uncle. The faint hope blossomed into determination as I lay there, lis­tening to the creaks and groans of the ship, and the restless slap of the river against her hull.

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