The Wife's Tale by Aida Edemariam

Author:Aida Edemariam
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Published: 2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00

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Within a week word came from the bishop’s house. The emperor is at his court tomorrow. He will see you.

She hardly knew how they got there, hardly knew how they passed through the blur of uniforms and capes, gardens and crested archways. Up steps. Along cool halls.

A large room and at its far end a small figure – how small! – standing. Head almost too big for narrow shoulders. A long flared nose. A wide brow scrawled with lines. Sunken cheeks. Did he not sleep properly, or eat?

Instantly she directed her eyes downwards, at the carpet, her head and all her body bowing. When she was told to speak she did so without looking up.

His voice, when at long last it came, had a displeasing, shredded quality. It was as noncommittal as his bearing.

‘Let him come here. We will hear the case.’

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