Friday, May 15, 1187
Friday, May 15, 1187Feast Day of Saint Dympna and Saint Britwyn of Beverley
Feast Day of Saint Dympna and Saint Britwyn of BeverleyJerusalem
JerusalemGaston de Châmont-sur-Maine read the missive from his brother’s wife again, unable to believe that he had understood the words correctly the first time. That Bayard should have died so suddenly and at such a young age was incomprehensible to Gaston.
That his older brother was not laughing as he rode to hunt was beyond belief.
But Marie’s meaning could not be doubted. It was there, before his own eyes. Bayard was dead, and he, Gaston, was now Baron de Châmont-sur-Maine. He touched the red wax seal, embedded with the mark of his family’s house, impressed with the signet ring that he had only to ride home to claim.
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