Marbeck And The King-in-Waiting (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
He had expected Celia to be unwilling, wanting merely to talk. Instead, when they went to her bed she quickly became passionate, as if, now that she had confessed herself in need of his help, she could be as free with him as they had once been. It brought joy and relief, but it left him uneasy. When they were spent, lying in their sweat between her fine sheets, he turned to look at her. And almost at once she began to speak. ‘I’ve had correspondence with the dean of Henry’s college,’ she said. ‘Exeter, that is.’ She lay on her back, gazing up at the canopy of the great bed. ‘It seems he’s been absent without permission, many times, and the college is displeased. They talk of refusing him his bachelor’s degree. Worse, he appears to have got into company I dislike.’ At last Marbeck started to form a picture; his own student days were not so distant, after all. ‘It’s common enough for young men to run wild, both at Oxford and Cambridge,’ he said. ‘Why should Henry be any different?’ ‘You don’t understand,’ Celia answered.
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