The Black Rose Page #11

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except what you could touch.

But it did for him.

What he felt

was as clear to him.

He'd- He'd sit there,

and it-

Well, it was like

a fragrance to him.

It had to be.

He died for it, didn't he?

Do you think it could be that he discovered

he was English first and Saxon second?

L- I don't know.

Saxons can feel like this

underneath the bitterness.

They can work with a king who would

like to be English first and Norman second.

There are some points I would like to dispose of

in your case, and in that of the bowman.

As I remember it, there was some question

of a name amongst other things.

It is our wish you remain here

until I return.

As you knelt Walter of Gurnie,

rise Sir Walter Fitzrauf.

And it is our wish that your shield

shall bear a longbow as part of your arms.

And as the first act

of your knighthood...

you shall place this bow,

the finest I could find...

above all other

of your arms at Gurnie...

since in its presence no man will be able

to live less well for England...

than did Tristram Griffen.

You will place this upon it

as a tribute from me to a brave man.

We have been sent

a long way to see you...

if you are the one

my lord Bayan called the scholar.

Bayan?

If you are that one, I have something

I am ordered to give you.

"To my friend,

Walter the scholar. "

"Bayan of the Hundred Eyes

sends greetings and a message.

"I think that I understand why

you did not return to me...

"and why you went back

to your England.

"I still do not believe

in your foolish chivalry...

"but I like men who are willing

to die for the thing in which they believe...

"wherever I may find them.

"The tall bowman died well...

"and I think you would both have died

well for me if that had been necessary.

"Therefore, I send you something I believe

you would have taken with you if you could.

"She will be wearing a coat you will recognize.

It has a very fine lining.

"I send you also my chessmen

and the message...

- that I would be happier if you were still here. "

- Maryam!

She is not to see you until

you tell us that the gift is welcome.

My lord was afraid

you might have tired of her.

Maryam!

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