15/24 The Duke of Burgundy grumbled something about 'd----d women,' and King Philip ordered his sister to bed. They got her out of the room after a painful scene, and fell to wrangling again, trying to screw some resolution into the white prince whom they all intended to use as a cat's-paw. About eight o'clock in the morning--they still at it--came a shatter of hoofs in the courtyard, which made Count John jump in his skin. A herald was announced. |