Excalibur Rising--Book Three by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts

Author:Eileen Enwright Hodgetts [Hodgetts, Eileen Enwright]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Emerge Publishing
Published: 2017-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

Gwyneth opened her eyes. The room had fallen silent. She saw that the two professors were giving each calculating looks. Did they want to criticize her? Were they ready to pick holes in her story? They were both experts in their fields so could they believe in the accuracy of a story that had never been written down, but simply passed from one woman to another?

Molly was the first to speak. “Interesting.”

Ryan’s expression was thoughtful. “The reference to the stones and the water has to be relevant.”

“What do you make of the suggestion that the effort of keeping Arthur alive was weakening the other knights?” Molly asked.

Ryan nodded his head. “It’s true. I saw the results in Camelot. They were dying without anyone laying a hand on them.”

They were speaking in hushed whispers, like curators of a museum. Gwyneth looked at Todd. “They believe me, don’t they?”

“Of course they do. You were amazing. It was like we were really there, seeing it all happen.” He looked at Dristan, still standing defensively with his back to the wall, his hand on the sword hilt. “He obviously didn’t understand a word of it.”

“I think he’s scared half out of his mind,” Gwyneth said.

“Here it is.” Gwyneth’s father appeared from the back of the building, bearing a metal casket. His head and shoulders were coated with dust, but the casket had been wiped clean.

Molly struggled to her feet. “Thank you for trusting us, Mr. Fowler. I can understand why your women kept the story a secret.”

Gwyneth’s father nodded his head in agreement. “Time was when our women would have been condemned as witches, just for singing the old songs. It’s only recently we’ve felt it safe to sing and now look what’s happened. We was right to keep quiet.”

He set the box on the bar. “Well, the secret’s out now. Let the boy take a look at that.”

He levered the lid open and Ryan leaped forward to try to stop him. “You shouldn’t expose it to the air.”

“And how are you going to look at it without opening the lid?” Percy asked. “Anyway, it’s already been exposed. We had it out a few months ago when we painted the curtains, and I know my Dad had it open quite often. He liked to look at it. Always thought he could puzzle it out. He couldn’t, of course.” He looked at Freddie. “I bet he showed it to your Dad when he was here in the war.”

“He never said nothing,” Freddie said. He shrugged his broad shoulders. “He weren’t much of a talker and I was very young.”

“Step back, step back,” Percy said clearing the way with his large hands and urging Dristan forward. “Get the boy up here. Come on, stay out of his way. Let the dog see the rabbit.”

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