scottytheone Post subject: apologies I have sent this dispatch to you Sneff and Teraputus: My lords I regret my not being there to give you a hand with the final preperations for the festival. My dutys require that me to be on patrol. I do anticipate arriving back in Kendal by tomorrow or the next at the latest. Once again my apologies, I am so looking forward to the festival. Thank you His back and hands ached from working in the mines and cleaning the church and he thought about turning in early. But the lights of the town hall pierced through the dark night like a beacon. He could hear the laughter and singing. The smells of sweet bread baking and game roasting wafted through the night air. His own dark, cold hut offered only rest and solitude. He briefly hesitated on the