Aggnes


Alastair wrote:
Al raised an eyebrow, began to speak, stopped, looked at the Count, Constable, salter, logan, katen, then deekay. It didn't make sense, he prepared for a fight, he prepared for a chase, but this.... woman treated him as an equal?
So you know who we are... yet you stand here talking? No confession, words of venom, betrayal or pleading? he turned to Oriames gesturing the carriage I must be confused, I thought this was Mercia, the city of Worcester where our only legal army has been destroyed and our poor trade minister barely recovers no less than 10 near fatal blows.
His face flushed, fodder? He turned and coughed. Not sure what the next step is, he was totally unprepared for this.
So you know who we are... yet you stand here talking? No confession, words of venom, betrayal or pleading? he turned to Oriames gesturing the carriage I must be confused, I thought this was Mercia, the city of Worcester where our only legal army has been destroyed and our poor trade minister barely recovers no less than 10 near fatal blows.
His face flushed, fodder? He turned and coughed. Not sure what the next step is, he was totally unprepared for this.
Aggnes noted his discomfiture with a certain amount of satisfaction. If she was going to have a bad day, and it looked as if she was, it was always nice for it to be spread.
"I don't know what happened to your trade minister, but yes, I know who you are: most of you have been seen in the Council chambers often enough. The rest of the Council that asked me to start formation of this army, admittedly by means of the Sheriff chatting to me in tavern rather than anything more formal. As you can see, you have your army as requested. The only reason for venom I know of will be if I don't get my money back."
This might be a need-to-know operation, but for a moment her curiosity broke through, or possibly her incredulity at the incompetence some councillors - come to think of it, most councillors - could manage.
"What was that about, anyway? I know Mercia's a poor county, but surely it could have managed the cash for outfitting the new army itself, without needing a loan from a private trader? Or was Maggie making as good a job of being in charge of the county treasury as she was of everything else?"
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