Master of War Boxset by David Gilman

Author:David Gilman [Gilman, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 2019-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Raoul had made a mistake and he knew it. He had waited too long to report to the place where the Norman lord had instructed him to go when there was news of anyone asking about the scrap of cloth. He had expected him to be there, readying for prayers, his rich ermine-trimmed cloak pulled up against the night chill and a gloved hand prepared to untie his weighted purse in reward. Instead he found a group of rough-looking men in the outer rooms of the house – cold dank rooms that were used as their quarters – and when he was ushered into the presence of the sallow-faced man who gazed at him with eyes as black as river pebbles it put the fear of Christ into him despite the crucifix that hung from the man’s neck. In his few years of life the street urchin had known violence and threat, but cunning and feral caution had kept him alive. When this man spoke his words were weighted with an accent that came from further south. Raoul had heard it before, belonging to wagoners from outside the city, places he had never heard of, but whose descriptions were of another great river and a countryside rich in fruit and crops. It had been of no interest to him as he had watched them drink away their misery in the taverns while he waited to relieve them of their purses. This man was someone of authority. The sword and knife were expensive; the cloth he wore was of a fine weave that would keep all but the most wicked wind from penetrating it. And the black garments made him look as big and threatening as a winter storm cloud.

He reported everything Isabeau had told him and without a question being asked the man suddenly leapt to his feet and shouted orders to his henchmen. Raoul protested that his reward was due, but they cuffed his head and grabbed his arm and hauled him to the Half Wheel. Payment would be his only when the man they hunted was found. He knew better than to argue. And prayed for Christ’s mother to protect him.

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