The maids curtsey and smile, then simper around 'Hamish' who duly pinches them and kisses their cheeks before they leave.
When the door is firmly closed and the women's footsteps have tripped away in the corridor, Urquhart grins at moist and pours the gold the tallow-trader's wife has paid him on the table.
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Date: 2010-12-10 04:00 pm (UTC)When the door is firmly closed and the women's footsteps have tripped away in the corridor, Urquhart grins at moist and pours the gold the tallow-trader's wife has paid him on the table.