The Dragon of Handale
““Are you sure it was a stag, mistress?”“Yes,” replied Hildegard shortly.By now, they had reached the road after a precarious scramble over the boulders that littered the edge of the beck. At one point, they had been forced to enter the water under the cliff below Kilton Castle, where the current flowed violently through a narrow neck of rock. They held each other by the hand so that if one slipped, the other would save her—though how Alys could have saved Hildegard was unclear—and then they mad...e their way up to the road that wound through the pass.It lay empty and mysterious under the stars, but at last they were free from the purlieu of Handale and were out on the open road at last.A period of hard walking up a steep hill followed, with Hildegard determinedly leading the way, and when they came to a small vill, they managed to skirt it without waking any dogs and walked on until they came to a road leading off across the top of the moor. Hildegard ignored it and kept on walking.After a while, Alys, looking back, said, “You told Dakin we were going to York.”“I know I did.”“We’ve passed the road end.MoreLess
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