The Alchemist's Apprentice by Christopher G Nuttall

Author:Christopher G Nuttall [Nuttall, Christopher G]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-12T23:00:00+00:00

I hoped no one could hear her as Lord and Lady Bolingbroke descended the stairs to vast cheers and claps. Lord Bolingbroke looked old, older than his bedridden mother; his face was pinched and wan, suggesting that he was worn down by worry and care. Beside him, his wife was decked out in so many diamonds that she practically sparkled. I had to smile at my conceit. I’d worried about outshining the guests, but that wasn’t going to happen. Even the youngest person on the dance floor - there were kids who couldn’t be older than five or six trailing their parents around the hall - was wearing finer clothes than us. And all the older girls were wearing fancy jewels. I wondered, morbidly, just how many families could be fed for a week if just one of those jewels were to be sold. Hundreds, I was sure.

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