Thief of Corinth by Tessa Afshar

Author:Tessa Afshar
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Historical, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Ancient World
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2018-08-06T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

THERE ARE MANY USES for a chamber pot if only one has enough imagination. Struck by sudden inspiration, I placed the coins on the floor and pushed aside the curtains enough to creep into my hosts’ bedchamber. Grabbing the pot, I returned to the annex.

A basin of feathery ferns adorned one corner of the room. I poured out the chamber pot’s contents inside it, whispering a silent apology to the ferns, shoved my bag of coins into the emptied chamber pot, and arranged the fabric to look like a towel covering.

It was almost dawn. I was a familiar slave carrying my master’s chamber pot. No one stopped me as I made my way to Galatea’s tiny chamber, where she had told Father she slept.

At sunrise, one of the guards came to fetch me, as I had expected. “A man named Galenos says his daughter has a present for the master. Says he won’t give it to anyone but you.”

I rose from my pallet, head lowered, my hair a long curtain around my face. Grabbing the basket Galatea had prepared for me, I whispered, “I know the gentleman. He left his cloak here last night. I will take it to him right away.”

The guard shadowed my steps out of the side door, where Father’s litter waited. The curtains on the litter were firmly shut. I approached and offered the basket to my father. “Your cloak, master. You left it behind last night.”

A hand bid me to go inside the litter. I gave a quick look to my guard, seeking permission. Dawn’s light was hazy, hiding my features in its shadows. The guard yawned and motioned with his hand that I could go. I climbed inside the litter. A moment later, Galatea alighted from within, wearing her familiar bright-pink tunic, her basket now bearing a note of thanks for my hosts, written and sealed by my hand, along with a glass platter of rare dried peaches all the way from Persia.

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