Torsade Literary Space The Totem-Maker (part thirty-two)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Four To Be and to Choose (part thirty-two) “If the master sends his slave to injure bodily an enemy, the master is at fault, but the slave does not escape the law. Yet let us propose that the enemy meets the slave and […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred eight)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred eight) ii. Traveling company So far Richard’s job was the simple one, of rapping knuckles on the door (to imagination), Ermentrude entrusted with sounds. Mrs. Allen’s start, full-bodied theatrical, seemed […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred seven)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred seven) Bayard must be a traveling preacher; in his dry spells, a temperance talker. The cup of bitterness seemed set to overflow, and Richard, not troubling to hear, went about his business. This […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred six)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred six) Hard scabby patches that inmates before him had not been set cleaning, muscled into Richard’s head an inspiration. “Sir, what happened to that girl?” His cellmate laughed at the innocence of Richard. […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred five)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred five) Richard’s face was a clue among clues; and any chore girl of Mrs. Koker’s knew this face for the drilling. The constable, a man called Fitzpatrick, tapped his foot. “Everard. Got a […]
The Totem-Maker (part thirty-one)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Four To Be and to Choose (part thirty-one) Cime was given the chip of obsidian used to mark the unfired clay. He signed before this room of witnesses. The clerk inked the tile and pressed it to a stretched cloth, which by another […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred four)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred four) They carried on disrespecting the remains. Thrown out, pockets rifled. Inconvenient alive and wanted passed… By the sheriff, by the robbed girl—by any number, maybe his own parents. To enjoy saying Richard […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred three)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred three) The long walk had burned off most of what filled his stomach. The pint churned on fumes of Mary’s chicken stew. The cloth he breathed into breathed back, dead foul air. Richard’s […]
The Totem-Maker (part thirty)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Four To Be and to Choose (part thirty) I faltered in, stumbled over boots, drew laughs and found myself misdirected. I whispered: “My lord Banche, will I sit below the dais?” Banche shut his mouth mid-answer, as three knights rose and bowed. They […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred two)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred two) The light was through the kitchen window. Richard had given a peek and seen no one inside. “How come Gippy didn’t bark, cause he knows you.” Samuel spoke shuffling up, dog tight […]