Marbeck And The Double Dealer (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
The first was the hardest, for Marbeck could not be certain he was not being pursued. Though hungry and weary from lack of sleep, he forced himself to keep riding, pausing only at streams to wash the blood from his face and to water his mount. By afternoon the horse was tiring, and he was forced to slow his pace. He was tempted to beg fodder from a farm, but knew his appearance might attract unwelcome attention, as his lack of a saddle did. That, Marbeck decided, was his worst discomfort; he would have to obtain one soon. Yet, despite everything, the journey passed without incident. The sun dried his clothes, as he rode north-east through wood and pasture until he struck the main highway that led from Brittany to Paris. Travellers on foot and on horseback stared at him, but he avoided their gaze, his eyes on the horizon. Finally, as evening drew in, he walked his exhausted mount into the great cathedral city of Rennes. They had covered more than eighty miles. In Rennes, he moved through bustling streets, leading Chacal by the halter.
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