CHAPTER XVII
THE HUNT
(From Anna’s memoirs)
When all of the guests had gone, we retired to our chambers. As I passed my sister's door, Asheera appeared and asked me to come inside. Dido sat by the bed while Asheera attended to the queen’s nightclothes and hair. "Sister," she said. “It is almost the full moon. I have decided to call for a hunt. We can challenge our Trojan guests to see who are the best hunters."
"Where would we go, sister?" I asked.
"We can ride up to the springs on Gregio Mountain eastward and chase the Barbary sheep and white tailed Oryx."
"Have you told the Trojan?"
"Not yet," said Dido, "He was a bit tipsy from the wine this evening."
"Don't you mean from Iarbas's wine?" I asked.
Dido smiled as Asheera released the queen’s hair and began combing the long black
