The Marriage Bed (The Medieval Knights Series) - Plot & Excerpts
She could hear Ulrich, squire to Lord William, panting somewhere behind her, straining to keep up; she should slow, but she could not. She could not because Richard's command was still ringing in her ears, as if she did not know how to be hospitable, as if she were a child to bid, as if she were a wife. She reached the chamber, on the top floor, and noted that a new coverlet would be needed. She had not been up to this room in months and only now saw that dust was white upon the floor and the bedding was musty. From the look, it appeared that one of Dornei's cats had made the bed her own, for it was covered in white hair and muddy footprints. It was an embarrassment. Ulrich, breathless and a trifle red in the cheek, came hard upon her into the chamber. "Many thanks, Lady, for your hospitality." "You are most welcome, Squire, but let me have the room cleaned. I had not known of its condition—" "Oh, Lady Isabel," he said, his breath coming back, "'twill do most well for my lord William.
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