![]() Jack thought of Ethne and wished he could send something to her. Tables were set with roast salmon, suckling pig, green peas flavored with mint, apples cooked with honey, and many other delights. The central courtyard was filled with lanterns, and musicians played sweet music from bowers around the edge. That evening King Brutus threw one of his parties. “She was running her fingers through that rat’s nest of hair when I left.” When she looks into the mirror, she’s going to get the shock of her life.” “My daughter isn’t the most imaginative creature alive, and I’m fairly certain she has no idea how much her beauty has faded. She’s been eating that wretched monastery food for so long, her spirits are in a deep sleep.” At the end of winter Olaf used to go around to the farms and wake people up. But after a while you fall into a kind of trance and feel nothing at all. “We Northmen have much experience with hunger, especially during winter,” Thorgil explained. ![]() ![]() Jack looked from one to the other, annoyed that they hadn’t included him in the plan. ![]()
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