Yvonne, Lady of Cassio a medieval novel

Yvonne, Lady of Cassio

Medieval Novel by Rosemary Morris

Extract from Chapter One.

“The babe rushed into the world.
“A boy?” the countess gasped.
The infant’s lusty cries filled the bedchamber.
Gytha examined the baby. “A daughter, a healthy girl with hair fair as her father’s.”
“God help me,” Matilda whispered. “He will vent his spite on me.”
Gytha recognized the plea for sympathy. “Don’t cry, my lady.”
The afterbirth slithered out. Matilda twisted the folds of her smock with hands so tense that knotted blue veins stood out against her white skin. “In forty days, after I am churched, my lord will try to father another son.”
“I’ll soon have you comfortable.” Gytha removed the countess’s soiled garment. She washed her with rosemary-steeped water, dressed her in a clean smock, and combed and braided the countess’s fair hair. She sighed, filled with pity for the unfortunate woman. Gytha could imagine no couple more ill-matched than the Lovages. The countess literate, pale of face, delicate, pious and charitable; the earl, a shrewd but illiterate warrior, boisterous, selfish and fond of hunting. Gytha shook her head.”

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