She'd make Laura come with her, stand right there while the doctor didit. Katie wasrunning away not only from this town but from her. When he left London with his men I could not stand against them, and I had to step aside, flee, and let them pillage the town. Which fascinated me, because I had been angry when Igraine refused to give my new brother up to a wet nurse and fed him from her own breasts.
Laura heard a woman's voice in the backgroundnow. She was a woman grown, nineteen years, not a passive child. Maybe something will happen, she said irrationally, out of alarm forPhil's safety. Her gaze strayedto the newspaper.
Join the newsletter to receive news, updates, new products and freebies in your inbox.