The Questing by Kathryn Le Veque

Author:Kathryn Le Veque [Veque, Kathryn Le]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Medieval
Published: 2014-09-27T21:00:00+00:00

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Almondsbury, Berkeley, Gloucester.

It was a steady stream of interesting and bustling towns they passed through, especially Gloucester, which was very large and had a massive cathedral in the middle of it. Rather than skirt the city, as Cortez had done with Almondsbury and Berkeley, he took his party into Gloucester because they were running low on some supplies and needed to restock. He sent James and Oliver out to scout merchants willing to sell them large quantities of flour, salt, and ground oats while he found a place for the party to rest near Gloucester cathedral.

It had rained heavily the day before on their trip past Berkeley but this day was bright and sunny, with wispy clouds overhead. The wind had picked up and it was gusty at times, blowing things around the wagons that weren’t tied down. One of the things it blew around was the oiled tarp that had been rigged over Sophie’s play area, so eventually, Andres pulled it down. Sophie and her caged animals didn’t seem to mind.

Sophie had been inordinately good to travel with. As long as she had her poppet, Rosie, her pets at arm’s length, and a view of General as he plodded along behind the wagon, she was as happy as a lark. As the group waited for James and Oliver to return, Diamantha climbed off her palfrey and went to sit in the back of the wagon with her daughter. Sophie immediately climbed on her mother’s lap, and the two of them sat together and petted the baby rabbit, who was growing steadily. Clover the bunny had quite a diet of greens along the road as the men would grasp great handfuls of grass and clover, and then hand it over to Sophie for her pets. As a result, the little bunny looked like a furry round ball.

So they lingered away the morning because it took a couple of hours for James and Oliver to return with great sacks of flour and salt tied across their saddles. Quickly, the soldiers moved in and began to untie them, shuttling everything over to the quartermaster so the man could take an inventory. Meanwhile, Sophie had grown restless so Diamantha put the rabbit back into the cage, put the cage beneath the wagon bench for some shade against the sun, and pulled her daughter out of the back of the wagon.

It was time for the child to stretch her legs before they continued along their way. However, the moment Diamantha put Sophie on her feet, the little girl ran off. Diamantha scurried after her with Andres following close behind.

Although Cortez’s brother wasn’t in charge of watching his brother’s new wife, he happened to be the closest, so he followed. Even though he was still stinging from his brother’s lecture back in Bath, he wasn’t so stung that he was negligent. His knightly instincts were strong. He thought he should follow just to make sure the women didn’t come to any harm and perhaps in that small action, he might win his brother’s trust where it pertained to Diamantha.

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