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"Why do the hounds of Lavas bow before Mother Obligatia?" asked Gerwita "We all saw it happen"

Rosvita nodded "The simplest explanation is usually the correct one"

The room was simply furnished with rope beds, benches, a table, and a chest The shutters had been taken down from both s They had left the door open to help the breeze pass through Besides their writing i more than a few extra robes and tunics, a pair of combs, brooches and pins for cloaks, blankets, flasks, needles and thread, eating utensils, a maul and muller, a bladder filled with lanolin, a sack of candles, and one iron pot

They asked for nothing more than this

She looked at her loyal schola: Fortunatus, who had endured soJehan,on Sister Ao, and Brother Constantine had not survived the king’s progress Aurea had died together with Brother Jero in Theophanu’s schola or learning their lessons in some novices’ hall, ould join them

Someone must strike a las that the truth be illuminated

"He knows," said Rosvita

"Who knows?" asked Gerwita, but the others were already nodding

"I saw hi upstairs He was in this house, but he left and walked out into the tent caees Is he a holy man, Sister?"

"He is a mystery, sent by God for us to unravel He knows the truth This I nant, e serve Princess Theophanu desires that the rightful heir of the county of Lavas be brought forward I will see it done For the sake of King Henry, whom I loved, who loved his bastard son best of all his children, although it was unwise of him to do so"

"Love is not wise," said Fortunatus, whose hand rested on her shoulder "Love is ht hispers in the trees Folk huddle under the scant shelter of canvas stretched between li the children sleep soundly, curled tight in blankets, but one is sobbing with eyes open