[A King’s Comrade by Charles Whistler]@TWC D-Link bookA King’s Comrade CHAPTER X 20/29
When he fell yonder, those he had left fell out of his quiver.
They are easily to be known, and they were the same as that I showed you--peacock-feathered with a bone nock, and tied with gold and silver thread twisted curiously." "A man does not shoot another with an arrow of his own known pattern if he means it" I said. "You hear what they say of the skill of Gymbert? All the more reason, if his arrow in you were known, that men would say that of course it was mischance, and pity him more than you.
Moreover, that is the word which would go back to Carl, whom they deem your master yet.
Offa would fain stand well with him." There was truth in this, and I knew it; and yet I could hardly believe such a tale of treachery to an unoffending stranger as this would tell.
Then I minded how Erling had spoken to him in Welsh, and a half thought crossed my mind that he bore ill will for that. But in that case Erling was the man who had offended by plain speech on a matter of which every one knew.
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