Christmas
Now the day of the birth of our Lord dawned that year grey and dreary, and a Saturday. But, despite the weather, in the town at the foot of the hill there was rejoicing, as befitted so great a festival. The day before a fat steer had been driven to the public square and there...
Now the day of the birth of our Lord dawned that year grey and dreary, and a Saturday. But, despite the weather, in the town at the foot of the hill there was rejoicing, as befi...
2. Chapter 2"We are but gloomy folk here, rough soldiers and few women. It has been in my mind--" Here he saw the Bishop's averted head, and scowled. What had been in his mind he forgot. He...