CHAPTER 20
Alun found George at the stables, as he handed Llamrei over to a stable lad. The skies had darkened all afternoon and a light drizzle was beginning to fall.
“There’s been a development,” Alun said. “Edern ap Nudd is arriving, unexpectedly.”
“That’s his room I’m in, isn’t it?”
“Not any more it is. At Gwyn’s request I’ve moved you to Iolo’s place.”
George checked his pocket watch. He had an hour before the afternoon session with Hadyn. “Shall I come see my new quarters, then?”
They walked up the lane between the kennels and the stables. There were a few workshops on the right opposite the kennels, and then a high wall with a gate facing the lane, before the row of buildings continued. Entering at the gate, George discovered a two-story house fronted by a small tidy yard, muc
