Matt Ford
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Your Majesty, your brother can explain.
Mary peels off her riding gloves.
She wants her private chambers, privacy, air.
But her half-brother has been ruling in her absence.
She needs to show her face.
She nods curtly and follows the steward through the grand entrance hall and into the council chamber.
Mary's stomach lurches at the sight of a long table seating a dozen men.
Her brother is not alone.
The men are all unwashed, bearded.
Some have missing teeth.
She's never seen such a motley crew.
She straightens up to her full five foot eleven, steadies her gaze on her brother.
Dear sister, I regret the disturbance that greeted you, although I imagine you expected opposition.
Mary is sure she catches two of the lords smirking.
Her eyes drift to the walls.
The tapestries are wrong.
Gone are the Catholic saints.
In their place hang dull cloth.
Dread starts to settle in her stomach.