And almost Frevisse asked, how she felt to her, then knew she did not want to know and said instead, “We’ve let go two offices so far today. Do you think there’s time for us to say them now?” Now, in the silence and the waiting before Vespers and whatever Abbot Gilberd would bring down on them. Here, with Domina Alys lying stretched out below the altar in what Frevisse hoped, for her soul’s sake, was the deepest of prayer.
Margaret Frazer
Margaret Frazer was a finalist for an Edgar Award for Best Original Paperback for both The Servant's Tale and The Prioress' Tale.
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