" Your belongings will be sent to your room, my Lord. Do you want me to beg the maidens to bring you a meal?" Lady Eowyn asked.
" Yes, that would be even more wonderful, my Lady." I could hear my stomach rumble, but I didn't want to stop talking to her. I didn't want her to go. I wanted to be near her and hear what she had to say. I felt my eyelids becoming heavier. Her voice was like music in my ears. So soft and rhythmic…
" Then I will leave you to your rest, my Lord." I woke up from my little daydream and bowed as she curtsied. It seemed like she expected something from me, but I didn't know what. What should I do? She looked exquisitely beautiful.
She always does.
I started to think; I wonder how her lips taste… How would she react if I kissed her right now? I looked at her lips. Her face was just two feet away. Maybe I should …
No!! I pushed my thoughts away and felt that I needed to get away from her presence.
" Good day, my Lady." I said quickly and walked fast into my chamber and closed the door. I could hear her steps fade away when she walked away from my door and down the corridor.
The chamber I had been given was a charming room. In one end there was a bed with clean sheets and in the other it was a fireplace. A little bit from the bed there stood a big wardrobe. And next to it there was a window. In the middle of the room there stood a table of wood and a chair of wood.
That chair was very nice to me…I sat down at the chair and took of my muddy boots. Am I drunk? I asked myself a hundred times. I had never thought such thoughts about a woman before. And especially not of a woman that I had known just for a few minutes. But I felt, as if I had known her forever… I took of my socks and put them in the boots. Then I tired lay down at the bed. All I could think about was she. Her blue eyes, her blushing cheeks, her tiny lips, her voice, her soft skin, her golden hair, her slender body, her… Am I insane???
I'm not insane…I found out that trying to rest with all your cloths on are not to recommend. I silently took of my travel mantle and my ranger clothing so that I only wore my thin tunic on the upper part of my body. Then I heard a light knock on the door.
" Enter." I said and lay all my clothes on the bed. A maiden entered the room with a tray; it was loaded with food and a carafe that contained red wine. After her came a man who carried the belongings I had brought with me in my saddlebag. The maiden curtsied and the man bowed.
" Where would you like the food, my Lord?" The maiden asked with a smile.
" On the table, please." I hungry watched the delicious meal on the tray. "And the things you can put on the bed." I said to the man.
The maiden put the tray on the table and then hangs up my clothes in the wardrobe. When she was finished she asked: "Do you desire something more, my Lord?"
Yes, I desire Lady Eowyn. With her smooth skin, enchanting smile, lovely body… Luckily I didn't speak my thoughts out loud. I said: "Yes, it would be very nice to take a bath." It would be very nice to touch Lady Eowyn again. What a lovely name, Eowyn, Eowyn, Eowyn, Eowyn… Am I mad?!
I'm not mad…"Of course, I'll have they bring in a bathtub in here. Is it something else that would please you, my Lord?"
I tried to push away the thoughts of me kissing Eowyn and then said: "I probably will sleep the rest of the day, can you please present my excuses to the king about my absence at the dinner?"
"Of course, my Lord."
"Very well, then. That would be all." I said with a smile. I felt that if I didn't get some food in me soon I would scream. I hadn't eaten since breakfast and now it was afternoon. The servants left me after they had bowed and curtsied. Then I sat down by the table. The food and the wine disappeared rather quickly from the tray. I managed not to think at Lady Eowyn when I ate, the meal was too delicious and my stomach too empty. After the meal I fell asleep on the chair. I had sweet dreams about clouds and the lady I had managed not to think about under the meal. So when I heard a hard knock on the door I almost fell of the chair.
It was the men who carried the bathtub. And after them a handful of other men and boys who carried large buckets filled with warm water. It looked quite funny when all the men bowed at the same time. But I was too tired to smile or even think. I just sat there on the chair when the men and the boys did their work. I fell asleep again; the chair of wood was very soft. Again I had dreams but this time about horses and a tree, and Lady Eowyn. When I woke up the men had left the room.
Somebody had taken the tray away from the table and it laid towels on it instead. In front of the warm fire the bathtub was situated. I took of my clothes and lay them on the bed. After that I lie down in the bathtub and of course, fell asleep again…
I woke up when I heard a knock on the door. I looked outside the window and saw that the sun shone bright. "Just a minute." I said loud as I broke the time record in get up from a bathtub, dry yourself and get some cloths on. " Enter." I said after a few minutes.
A maiden entered the room with some men. The maiden curtsied and the men bowed. Then the men grabbed the bathtub and carried it away. The maiden said: "The king, Lord Eomer and Lady Eowyn are having breakfast in the dining hall right in this moment, my Lord. You maybe wish to join them? Of course we can arrange so you can eat here, my Lord."
"Of course I will join the Lords and the Lady." I answered. Would I say no to see and talk to Lady Eowyn again?
"Then come this way, my Lord." She walked out of my chamber and I followed her.