In the hall, Aithne was putting the last touches on some things. She'd done a little investigative work, speaking to Lucretia and the other kitchen girls, and had discovered foods the three men favored. Well, two men. It seemed Lucius was happy with anything set before him.
It was good, hearty fare- beef stew, loaves of fresh bread with new-churned butter, poultry, fish, apples... and she had even managed a moist, heavy blackberry duff. She hoped there would be enough for everyone. Just in case, Lucretia had baked a few apple pies as well. The table was practically groaning with food by the time they had done.
She stepped back and surveyed the work, wiping her hands on her apron. Giving a satisfied nod, she went back and stuck her head in the kitchen doorway, letting Lucretia know she was going to tidy up before supper. She'd already been shooed out, so she did not feel guilty leaving while the others still worked.
A bath would do wonders... But she had no time for such things. She made her way back to her room in the cloister, where she washed up as best she could, changed her tunic- she was relieved to see that someone had washed the one she'd worn yesterday- combed her hair, and made something respectable of herself.
With a little bustle of arranging this and that, she left her room and returned to the villa in time to hear the supper bell.
Powered by Blogger.
Search
Archive
-
▼
2010
(725)
-
▼
July
(141)
- Jenny: Little Cu
- Lys: A Fervent Prayer
- Jenny: The Naked Blade
- Jeanne: The Guttersnipe
- Jenny: The Uncanny Woman
- Jeanne: Women's Ways
- Jenny: God of Formation
- Jeanne: Beneath Sovereignty
- Jenny: Cowardice
- Jeanne: This Business
- Jenny: The Knot-Maker
- Lys: A Dream
- Jeanne: Surgeon Things
- Jenny: Moonstone Petal
- Lys: Goodnight
- Jenny: The Deeper Thing
- Lys: The Waiting
- Jenny: Presence of Spirit
- Lys: Misunderstanding
- Jeanne: Salute
- Jenny: To Ground
- Lys: A Bard, And Yet Not A Bard
- Jenny: A Dread Champion
- Lys: The Lord's Song In A Foreign Land
- Jenny: Acquital
- Jeanne: Pawprints
- Lys: You Will Find Rest
- Jenny: All That Is Britain
- Lys: Filthy but Faithful
- Jenny: Dog-Teeth
- Lys: Unauthorized Long Patrol
- Jenny: The Old Ways
- Lys: Songs Old and New
- Jenny: Foreground Images
- Lys: No Safe Harbor
- Jeanne: Spy's Spy
- Jenny: Redshank
- Lys: Among Enemies
- Jeanne: Knifeblade
- Jenny: Reflexive
- Lys: Among Friends
- Jenny: Elijah
- Lys: Lost, As Usual
- Jeanne: Hounds
- Jenny: Horseshoe Place
- Lys: A Job Well Done
- Jenny: Eryri Mountains
- Lys: Two Matches
- Jeanne: Odd Creatures
- Lys: Dismissed, Again.
- Jenny: A Little Bronze Inkpot
- Jeanne: Matchmaker
- Jenny: Good Lad
- Lys: A New Approach
- Jenny: Noticing
- Lys: Memories
- Jeanne: And Women
- Jenny: Men
- Jeanne: Intruder and Spy
- Jenny: Flower Garden
- Lys: Noticed
- Jenny: Odd Pairs
- Jeanne: Ignorance
- Lys: Shadowed
- Jenny: Antagonists
- Jeanne: Let Not the Sun
- Jenny: Daughters of the Rain
- Lys: A Request
- Jenny: Fire in the Window
- Lys: Forgiveness, Full and Free
- Jenny: I Did Not Know Myself
- Lys: Tears, Again.
- Jenny: Rain-Soaked Blossom
- Lys: Disinterest
- Jeanne: Out in the Wet
- Jenny: Black Horse-hair
- Lys: A Scrap
- Jeanne: Struggle
- Lys: A Lie
- Jenny: Foster-Mark
- Jeanne: Sidelines
- Lys: Apology
- Jenny: Cornered
- Lys: Four's A Crowd
- Jenny: Mizzle
- Lys: Amends
- Jeanne: Shame
- Jenny: New Orders
- Jeanne: Misunderstanding
- Lys: Resolution
- Jenny: Intercession
- Jeanne: A Question of Honour
- Lys: Unquestionable Loyalty
- Jeanne: Loyalties
- Lys: Obey Orders
- Jenny: Blackberry Ransom
- Jeanne: Scalawag
- Lys: Nurse
- Jeanne: Spies
- Jenny: Witchery in the Leaven
-
▼
July
(141)
No comments:
Post a Comment