The Secrets of the Wild Wood by Tonke Dragt

Author:Tonke Dragt [Tonke Dragt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782690627
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: 2015-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

The hours crept by. Tiuri tried to fathom the problems of the chess game, but he kept thinking about the Road of Ambuscade.

In the evening the Black Knight’s servants brought not only the meal, but also his bag of belongings. He took a look inside; only his money had been taken. And at the bottom of the bag was a glove.

Tiuri looked at it for a while. It was the glove given to him by Lavinia, the young lady of Mistrinaut. He had said he would wear it when he was knighted and was allowed to take part in tournaments. Now he was a knight, but at Castle Islan he had forgotten Lavinia. Yes, now he was a knight, but everything he thought he was doing right had gone completely wrong. The Fool was further from home than ever and the two of them were prisoners. Instead of fighting in a tournament, he was playing chess with a man who was an enemy of everything he held dear. He was not worthy of owning Lavinia’s glove.

He closed his eyes and saw her before him as she had first appeared to him. He had been a prisoner then, as he was now. But beside her loomed the image of Isadoro and he heard her say once again, “Travel to the east, but avoid the west.”

With a sigh, he put the glove back into his bag. Why was it that lately he seemed to have lost any feeling of certainty? Old Waldo had been right, “Before you know it, you’ll be in all sorts of trouble that you never asked for.” He and Piak had been so carefree, so eager to set off on their journey. Now he was locked up, and Piak… Oh, where was Piak?

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