I hope you are enjoying this I've only got another 14 years to go before I get to the end of this story. From what I can tell from reviews it seems to be going okay. If you have read any of my other fics you know that nothing ever goes smoothly for any of my pairings, this will be no different so be prepared for some major angst for characters in forth coming chapters.
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The road to London several days later...
Anne Neville was fuming and Marguerite could understand why, they were being ordered to London, to stay with Annes sister at the Herber where they would be under the control of George Duke of Clarence. At first George was all for sending Anne on her own but after she had protested to Richard that she couldn't go without a companion George had relented and allowed Marguerite to accompany her. Marguerite was excited as she had only seen London once and she had been very young then, Anne would have found the excitment of her friend amusing if she hadn't been so annoyed by Georges treatment of her. She was the daughter of the Earl of Warwick and Georges sister-in-law that entitled her to better treatment thn George had given her. What hurt Anne all the more was that Richard had not been there to say goodbye, she adored Richard and had since she was very small. Her father had brought her up to believe that she would one day marry him and her marriage to Edouard had been a shock to her. She believed that Richard cared for her especially after his behaviour in the gardens of the palace in Coventry.
Marguerite was staring out the wondow at the coutryside, it was sunny and the fields were glowing golden she wondered if somewhere in London was the man to sweep her off her feet. The kind she could fall in love with in a second and then wish to spend the rest of her life with. So far she had met no-one in France or amoung the Yorkists at Canterbury who appealed to her. For an instance Jack Roxton flashed in front of her eyes before vannishing again. She had to stop thinking about him, his face and eyes imposed themselves on her far to often for her liking. She was determined to forget about him in London all her hopes lay.
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Coventry ...
Jack and Francis were outside the royal chambers as well as Dick Ratcliffe and Will Hastings. It wasn't often that Richard became annoyed with his older brother but this was one of the few times that it happened.
"How could you entrust Anne to our brother. You know he desires the lands that she is entitled to with her father being dead. Now that he has her in his power there is no saying what he will do." Richard was saying loudly.
"Your desire for the girl is not influenced by her lands then?" Edward inquired
"You know what I think about Anne Neville I told you while we were in exile." Richard said his voice rising another notch.
"I thought you might have changed your mind." Edward said
"Ned I am not going to change my mind. Will you please speak to George for me as I do not wish to lose my temper with him again and put you in another awkward position." Richard asked calmer now.
"I'll speak to him." Edward promised.
"Thank you Ned. You will not regret it." Richard promised
"I do not plan on doing so. You will be having a very busy year my Duke of Gloucester." Edward said with a grin.
"You are too kind my king." Richard said his eyes dancing
"Kind has nothing to do with it. I need you to win the North for me. It has always been a gathering point for discontent against the crown." Edward said
"I will win the North for you if you win our brothers consent for me to marry Anne Neville." Richard said
"You bargin with me Dickon?" Edward asked
"In all our years together I have never asked you for anything. All I am asking for is your permission for the hand of our kinswoman." Richard said.
"I am not going to get any rest until I give my permission am I ?" Edward asked knowing how stubborn his brother could be when he wished to be.
"If the girl gives her consent and is not carrying Lancasters child then I will allow the match." Edward said at length.
"Thank you Ned." Richard said
"Now my Duke of Gloucester will you go and ensure that you are prepared for our journey to London. I confess that I am anxious to see my wife once more. There are loose ends that I must deal with as well in the capital."
Jack and Francis straightened up and tried to pretned that they had not been listening when Richard emerged.
"Come we must pack and get us to London." Richard said to his friends
"I think Dick was supervising that while we attended your grace to this meeting." Jack said
"I think we should still check that he has everything. I do not want a repeat of the time that he managed to leave our weaponry cleaning sets behind." Richard said with a smile at Jack who had been busy looking after something else and had forgotten to check that he had his knight masters equipment and they had been 30 miles away before he had realised.
"That was my fault Richard not Dick's." Jack said
"It doesn't matter now. Come let us retrun to our rooms before we depart for London." Richard said and led his friends away from the king.
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I will try and get the next bit up soon but I am having problems due to the absance of notes to refer to.
I know not a lot happens in this part but I wished to illustrate the differences between Jack and Marguerites lifestyles.
Please review.
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The road to London several days later...
Anne Neville was fuming and Marguerite could understand why, they were being ordered to London, to stay with Annes sister at the Herber where they would be under the control of George Duke of Clarence. At first George was all for sending Anne on her own but after she had protested to Richard that she couldn't go without a companion George had relented and allowed Marguerite to accompany her. Marguerite was excited as she had only seen London once and she had been very young then, Anne would have found the excitment of her friend amusing if she hadn't been so annoyed by Georges treatment of her. She was the daughter of the Earl of Warwick and Georges sister-in-law that entitled her to better treatment thn George had given her. What hurt Anne all the more was that Richard had not been there to say goodbye, she adored Richard and had since she was very small. Her father had brought her up to believe that she would one day marry him and her marriage to Edouard had been a shock to her. She believed that Richard cared for her especially after his behaviour in the gardens of the palace in Coventry.
Marguerite was staring out the wondow at the coutryside, it was sunny and the fields were glowing golden she wondered if somewhere in London was the man to sweep her off her feet. The kind she could fall in love with in a second and then wish to spend the rest of her life with. So far she had met no-one in France or amoung the Yorkists at Canterbury who appealed to her. For an instance Jack Roxton flashed in front of her eyes before vannishing again. She had to stop thinking about him, his face and eyes imposed themselves on her far to often for her liking. She was determined to forget about him in London all her hopes lay.
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Coventry ...
Jack and Francis were outside the royal chambers as well as Dick Ratcliffe and Will Hastings. It wasn't often that Richard became annoyed with his older brother but this was one of the few times that it happened.
"How could you entrust Anne to our brother. You know he desires the lands that she is entitled to with her father being dead. Now that he has her in his power there is no saying what he will do." Richard was saying loudly.
"Your desire for the girl is not influenced by her lands then?" Edward inquired
"You know what I think about Anne Neville I told you while we were in exile." Richard said his voice rising another notch.
"I thought you might have changed your mind." Edward said
"Ned I am not going to change my mind. Will you please speak to George for me as I do not wish to lose my temper with him again and put you in another awkward position." Richard asked calmer now.
"I'll speak to him." Edward promised.
"Thank you Ned. You will not regret it." Richard promised
"I do not plan on doing so. You will be having a very busy year my Duke of Gloucester." Edward said with a grin.
"You are too kind my king." Richard said his eyes dancing
"Kind has nothing to do with it. I need you to win the North for me. It has always been a gathering point for discontent against the crown." Edward said
"I will win the North for you if you win our brothers consent for me to marry Anne Neville." Richard said
"You bargin with me Dickon?" Edward asked
"In all our years together I have never asked you for anything. All I am asking for is your permission for the hand of our kinswoman." Richard said.
"I am not going to get any rest until I give my permission am I ?" Edward asked knowing how stubborn his brother could be when he wished to be.
"If the girl gives her consent and is not carrying Lancasters child then I will allow the match." Edward said at length.
"Thank you Ned." Richard said
"Now my Duke of Gloucester will you go and ensure that you are prepared for our journey to London. I confess that I am anxious to see my wife once more. There are loose ends that I must deal with as well in the capital."
Jack and Francis straightened up and tried to pretned that they had not been listening when Richard emerged.
"Come we must pack and get us to London." Richard said to his friends
"I think Dick was supervising that while we attended your grace to this meeting." Jack said
"I think we should still check that he has everything. I do not want a repeat of the time that he managed to leave our weaponry cleaning sets behind." Richard said with a smile at Jack who had been busy looking after something else and had forgotten to check that he had his knight masters equipment and they had been 30 miles away before he had realised.
"That was my fault Richard not Dick's." Jack said
"It doesn't matter now. Come let us retrun to our rooms before we depart for London." Richard said and led his friends away from the king.
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I will try and get the next bit up soon but I am having problems due to the absance of notes to refer to.
I know not a lot happens in this part but I wished to illustrate the differences between Jack and Marguerites lifestyles.
Please review.