[Roger The Chapman 06] - The Wicked Winter - Plot & Excerpts
Pigeon pasties, served with dried peas and parsnips, and saffron and honey coffins had all been consumed with hearty appetites despite the recent bereavements and quarrels. Mistress Lynom's tray was brought down from her room with each platter wiped clean, Sir Hugh and his son, dining in state in the great hall, had also returned empty dishes, and even Adela Empryngham had consumed every morsel sent up to her in the women's dormitory. As for the rest of us - Tostig Steward, Fulk Disney and Phillipa Talke in a small room adjacent to the pantry, the Capsgrave brothers and their uninvited guests in the stables, Father Godyer in his bedchamber and everyone else in the kitchen - we had all managed to fill our bellies, if not to capacity then at least enough to blunt the edge of hunger. Martha Grindcobb apologised for there not being more. 'But you know how it is in the depths of winter, it's not wise to deplete your stores too much.' What she meant of course was that Sir Hugh was on the niggardly side, and resented having to dispense hospitality wilh too lavish a hand.
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