Hangman BlindIn November 1382, the month of the dead, Abbess Hildegard rides out for York from the Abbey of Meaux. This is no ordinary journey—it is a time of rival popes, a boy king, and a shaky peace in the savage aftermath of Wat Tyler's murder—and Hildegard has embarked on a perilous mission to try to secure the future of her priory. |
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... glance , ' We live in violent times . Go well armed . ' So it was , shortly before dawn , that Hildegard , dressed in the white habit of her order , with a cloak of burnet thrown over it , rode out from the safety of the priory at Swyne ...
... glance he bestowed but he gave nothing away . Trembling a little at her own part in these weighty affairs , she was relieved to be shown to a guest chamber high up in the honeycomb of gilded luxury in which the prelate lived . A ...
... glance as cool as the rain that fell in the garth . I will not give in . He was a subtle and disputatious thinker , endlessly finding objections to her request . In fact , after informing him of the body in the woods and hearing him ...
... glance . ' I have one or two granges in mind , my lord , ones at a distance to satisfy your need for solitude . And ours too , ' she added . His brows rose again . ' I feel sure that when you see how hard working and sensible we are you ...
... glance sharpened . To him that would mean Avignon , not Rome , Charles of France , not Richard , King of England . It would also raise the question of how she knew the preference of this generous magnate . ' As well , ' she continued ...