"Her name is Alexandria Aurora Fortunato, and she is as lovely as the dawn. But that is only one of her problems. There’s also the matter of those three magical gifts of treasure bestowed on her by a mysterious old woman. And King Claudio the Cruel wants to marry her for her beauty and her wealth...
"Anna, where are you?" my mother called, her voice sharp with anxiety. When I appeared she caught me by the arm and gripped me firmly, as though she thought I might run away. "Now, Anna, I want you to stay right here where I can keep an eye on you. Sit in this chair by me ... no, maybe you would ...
Pots and jars fell to the floor and splintered, the roof of a jeweler's studio on the eastern side of the palace collapsed, and several minor fires blazed up where furniture or cloth had fallen into open fire pits. It frightened me, but my nurse, Graia, assured me that it was nothing. "Only a bit...
A few days after the announcement of his engagement, Mr. Arbuthnot demanded to be allowed out of his invalid chair. Leaning on two sticks and aided by his betrothed, he staggered some five paces across the parlor floor before staggering back to his seat. Flushed with triumph and the unaccustomed ...
12 “AND NOW WE COME TO the character of Morgan le Fay. An enchantress and a sorceress, she came of fairy blood, hence her name, ‘le Fay,’ which means ‘of the fairies.’ Morgan? Perhaps you can give us some insight into the character of your namesake?” Ms. Tavernier, my English teacher, was trollin...
When finally we had made our grateful adieux, squashed ourselves into the chaise, and, wending our way down a dark and damp lane, at last discovered ourselves to be at home again, the clock was striking four and faint glimmerings of dawn could be discerned in the eastern sky. We disentangled our ...