"No milord" answered young Marten, "But I saw nothing on my journey to suggest that there is any danger to the convoy on either route."
Thursday, August 17, 2017
All Clear
"So" said Sir Gawain to young Marten the page, "You have come with a message from Sir Hubert that the convoy with the Lady Katherine should reach the bridge on Saturday but you don't know which road they will be coming by?"
"No milord" answered young Marten, "But I saw nothing on my journey to suggest that there is any danger to the convoy on either route."
"No milord" answered young Marten, "But I saw nothing on my journey to suggest that there is any danger to the convoy on either route."
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal, 5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of Italian Greyhounds and 3 cats. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 160 yr old farmhouse and just living.
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Famous last words?.....
ReplyDeleteWell he was a young page carrying a message, not a scout...
DeleteReassuring words? The games a bogie...
ReplyDeleteHappy ignorance.
DeleteAll is quiet here...and superb!
ReplyDeleteJust a quiet August afternoon.
DeleteDon't like the look of those sinister chaps !
ReplyDeleteVe is yust woodkutters, ya?
DeleteOh, ho, but who are those fellows lurking in the woods and rocks?
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Looking forward to the ambush
ReplyDeleteI can't see anything going wrong with that plan.
ReplyDelete"Quiet journey, then, young Marten?" Sir Gawain grinned, though his eyes narrowed as he surveyed the roads by which the page had just arrived.
ReplyDelete"Extremely so," agreed the page.
"As though Nature were holding her breath?"
"A deathly hush," affirmed the page.
"TOO quiet, perhaps?" murmured the knight...