Night Blooming by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Author:Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates

TEXT OF A LETTER FROM ODILE AT AACHEN TO MAGNATUS RAKOCZY AT HIS FISCS.

To the most esteemed Magnatus Hiernom Rakoczy on the full moon called the Woodman’s Moon, in the Pope’s year 799, my most sincere greetings.

The missi dominici who carry this to you also return the books you were kind enough to loan to me in those days when we were lying together. You will agree that I would be in error to keep them now that I have the King’s child growing in my womb. I am so joyous I can hardly find words to express it. I will have another child before I die. And I will not lose all my late husband bestowed upon me. This is the one father my late husband’s family must accept, and receive with pleasure and favor, or risk losing their position of respect at Court They have been promised that the King will do my son honor, and if I give him a daughter, he will arrange a suitable marriage for her, or find a convent where she may be Abba, so that she will not be a burden on me or on my late husband’s kin.

I am grateful to you for the time we spent together, for through your attention, my worth became apparent to Great Karl. I am also thankful that you did not leave me with child, or I would not be able to present the King with another child. For this and your many considerations you will remain in my prayers for at least two years.

You must not grieve that I am no longer your mistress; you yourself said that we would not remain together for many years, and you know that I am resigned to our separation, as you must also be.

Odile

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