Blood From a Stone (237 page)

“
S
ounds 
pe
rf
ec
t
. 
H
a
v
e 
y
ou 
been 
t
o 
t
h
i
s   ca
s
tl
e be
f
o
r
e?”

H
e
s
m
il
ed.
“
O
h,
I
w
ou
l
d
say
t
hat
I ha
v
e.
B
ut
C
aer
C
y
nan,
as
it’
s
k
no
w
n
i
n
We
l
sh,
i
s
on
l
y a
r
e
m
nant
of
w
hat
i
t once
w
as, desp
it
e
r
es
t
o
r
a
ti
ons.
I
t
w
as
i
n
r
u
i
ns
e
v
en
w
hen I
w
as a
bo
y
,
but
spec
t
acu
l
ar
none
t
he
l
ess.
I
t
w
as dee
m
ed
t
oo
m
uch a
t
h
r
eat
t
o
t
he
m
ona
r
chy
i
n
t
he
m
i
d
1400
’
s,
desp
it
e
t
he
f
act
i
t
w
as
E
n
g
li
sh
o
w
ned.
A
nd
t
hey
des
tr
o
y
ed
it
.
C
a
m
e
i
n
t
he
r
e
w
it
h p
i
ck
axes
and
w
ha
t
e
v
er
e
l
se
t
hey
had
and
t
ook
i
t
a
p
a
r
t
p
i
ece by p
i
ece
p
r
ac
ti
ca
ll
y
.
E
v
en
so,
i
t
w
as
s
til
l
cons
i
de
r
ed qu
it
e
t
he p
ri
z
e,
w
hen
i
t
w
as
g
i
v
en
t
o
R
h
y
s
ap
T
ho
m
as.”

W
ill
ow
s
t
a
r
ed
at
h
i
m
i
n
a
w
e,
as
t
he
r
ea
li
z
a
ti
on
h
i
t
her ha
r
d
t
hat
t
h
i
s
m
an…
t
he
m
an
she
had
co
m
e
t
o
k
now
and
l
o
v
e
i
n
t
h
i
s
sho
r
t
span of
ti
m
e,
had
w
a
l
k
ed
t
he
ea
rt
h hund
r
eds
of
y
ea
r
s
a
g
o
and
had
seen
t
h
i
n
g
s
i
n
h
i
s
t
o
r
y
she
’
d
on
l
y
r
ead
about
i
n boo
k
s.

“Who
i
s
R
h
y
s
T
ho
m
as?”

H
e 
s
m
il
ed.   “
R
h
y
s   ap  
T
ho
m
as  
w
as   a  
w
ea
l
thy
l
ando
w
ner
du
ri
ng
t
he
ti
m
e
of
t
he
War
of
t
he
R
oses.
T
he
ca
s
tl
e
w
as
g
i
v
en
t
o
h
i
m as
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
of
a
r
e
w
a
r
d
I
g
uess.
H
e
w
as
an a
v
i
d and
l
o
y
al
suppo
rt
er
of
H
en
r
y
.”

“
H
en
r
y
t
he
V
III
?” she
s
a
i
d
“
N
o
H
en
r
y
t
he
V
I
”.

W
ill
ow
shook
her
head.
“I don
’
t
e
v
en
k
now
w
he
r
e
t
o be
g
i
n…
t
he
e
m
o
ti
on
I
f
eel
li
s
t
en
i
ng
t
o
y
ou
t
e
l
l
m
e
t
hese
t
h
i
n
g
s.
Y
ou
w
e
r
e
t
here
.”

H
e
l
au
g
hed
li
g
h
tl
y
.
“We
ll
,
no.
I
w
asn’t
t
he
r
e.
B
ut
I
w
as
a
li
v
e du
ri
ng
t
hat
ti
m
e.”

“I
j
ust
can
’
t
be
li
e
v
e
it
.
I
t’
s
li
k
e
I
’
m
li
v
i
ng
a
f
a
ir
y
t
a
l
e.”

“We
ll
,
m
y
l
ad
y
,
t
h
i
s
i
s
g
ood.
B
ecause
I
i
n
t
end
t
o
m
a
k
e
t
h
i
s
tri
p
as
m
uch
t
he
f
a
ir
y
t
a
l
e
co
m
e
tr
ue
f
or
y
ou
as
I can.”
H
e
r
eached
f
o
r
w
a
r
d
and
pu
ll
ed her
i
n
t
o
i
s
a
r
m
s. “
I
’
m
g
o
i
ng
t
o s
li
p out
f
or
a
w
h
il
e,
so
I can
m
a
k
e
so
m
e
r
ese
r
v
a
ti
ons
f
or
l
a
t
e
r
. Mean
w
h
il
e,
y
ou
g
et
r
eady
and
w
e
’l
l
l
ea
v
e
as
soon
as
I
g
et bac
k
.”