A True And Perfect Knight
“Haven’s statement echoed throughout the chamber.
Gennie shook herself from her exhausted daze. “You do what, Sir Haven?”
Anger blackened his face. Several discreet coughs from the end of the room distracted her. Something was not right. Closer to hand, the priest glared at her interruption. Edward looked fit to burst. What was going on?
The priest continued. “Do you Genvieve Eloise des Jardins Dreyford take this man as your husband, promising to obey him in all things, to adore him with your bo...dy, pledging him your fealty, cleaving to him as your liege lord and giving him all your worldly goods, saving only that which you owe to Christ?”
“What? Take de Sessions as my husband? Of course not.”
The coughing increased.
“Are all those men ill?” Gennie asked. “Sir, send for a posset, and I will tend to them.” She started for the opposite end of the chamber, but Haven’s hand held hers fast. “Please you, Sir Haven, let go. I may be dead an hour hence, but I will not stand by idle when others are sick and in need.”MoreLess
Gennie shook herself from her exhausted daze. “You do what, Sir Haven?”
Anger blackened his face. Several discreet coughs from the end of the room distracted her. Something was not right. Closer to hand, the priest glared at her interruption. Edward looked fit to burst. What was going on?
The priest continued. “Do you Genvieve Eloise des Jardins Dreyford take this man as your husband, promising to obey him in all things, to adore him with your bo...dy, pledging him your fealty, cleaving to him as your liege lord and giving him all your worldly goods, saving only that which you owe to Christ?”
“What? Take de Sessions as my husband? Of course not.”
The coughing increased.
“Are all those men ill?” Gennie asked. “Sir, send for a posset, and I will tend to them.” She started for the opposite end of the chamber, but Haven’s hand held hers fast. “Please you, Sir Haven, let go. I may be dead an hour hence, but I will not stand by idle when others are sick and in need.”MoreLess
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