To Defy a King by Elizabeth Chadwick

Author:Elizabeth Chadwick
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: keywords, General, subject, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9781847442369
Publisher: Little Brown Books Group
Published: 2010-10-15T21:26:52.521000+00:00

Mud-streaked and laughing, stripped to his shirt and hose, Hugh avoided the leap of the Welsh youth and in the nick of time tossed the ball to his brother Ralph who had predictably seen the game and raced to join in. Welsh insults and yells mingled with similar ripostes in Norman French and English.

Several more Bigod squires and retainers had attached themselves to the broil, as had Richard Marshal, and the game was proving to be a boisterous, exhilarating scrimmage.

The littlest one, Rhodri, running hard, tripped over a loose shoe thong and went sprawling. Hugh, who was nearest, picked him up, dusted him down and set him back on his feet. A three-cornered rip showed his knee through his hose and little beads of blood were filling a graze up his sleeve. The child's eyes were liquid, but he clenched his jaw, defying his tears and anyone who dared to offer sympathy.

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