“Guy’s Rose”--Ch. 37 Archer's Mission; Ch. 38 Lady Rose Learns Sir Guy is Alive, 11/03/12 Gratiana Lovelace
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“Guy’s Rose”, Ch. 37: Archer’s Mission to London is Planned
Before Archer leaves this Sunday evening for London to claim Locksley and Nottingham--and to bring Lady Roseanna hope about Sir Guy--Archer, Br.Tuck, and Sir Guy consult about what to do. John Little had fetched the steward Thornton from Locksley Manor and they have brought an assortment of Robin’s and Sir Guy’s former clothes for Archer to wear as the new Earl of Huntington in his audience before Prince John, and for Sir Guy to wear when he is well.
Sir Guy: Weakly lying in his bed still recovering from his wounds, Sir Guy [(2) right] does not look like the fierce warrior he was--and will be again. “Thornton, thank you for assisting John here in his task.”
Thornton: Looking astonished, for Thornton as steward of Locksley Manor never heard praise, let alone thanks, from Sir Guy, he says gratefully, “Yes Milord.”
Sir Guy: “John, Did you find what I asked you to look for?”
John: “Aye! I would have thought the Sheriff would have turned the place upside down to find your wealth. Ha ha ha! But we did na give him time.” John moves the heavy chest of silver coins where Sir Guy can see it and them and opens the lid.
Br. Tuck: “This is a small fortune!” Everyone crowds around the treasure--never having seen such wealth in one place before.
Sir Guy: “Actually, it is a rather large fortune--nearly $15,000 pounds. Some monies came from my family estate in France and some came from …” Sir Guy hesitates. He knows that some of these monies were milked from the citizenry--by him. “We must divide it into thirds. Archer, you will take one third of these coins with you to London to bribe whom you must--including Prince John, with these funds as partial tribute monies from Nottingham. Then John and Tuck, please take one third and distribute it amongst the people to lessen their burden and as a security against what tribute monies Prince John might want in the future. It belongs to the people anyway.” Sir Guy nods to them in acknowledgement. “The remaining third will be for Lady Roseanna and I so we may take our family and flee to France if need be.”
Br. Tuck: “Sir Guy, you will not be able to undertake a long journey to France for at least a month. You must stay here in Nottingham to rest and heal. We will remove you to Locksley Manor tomorrow for your comfort.”
Sir Guy nods for the sense of Br. Tuck’s [(3) right] suggestion to move to Locksley.
Sir Guy: “We will see if I cannot travel, Br. Tuck. I have my family’s welfare to think of.” Sir Guy says with a glimmer of mischief that he used to have. “There is one other thing. Where is my doublet? It contains something which Archer will need to take with him to convince Lady Roseanna that he comes from me.”
John: John hands Sir Guy the shredded leather vest. “Sorry about that. We had to cut it off you because of your wounds.”
Sir Guy: “Did you now?” Sir Guy says with a curiously raised eyebrow looking at the tattered leather thing before him. “And did you enjoy destroying my fine custom made leather doublet?”
John: “I did.” John smiles bemusedly at Sir Guy, who smiles back at him.
Thornton: “Milord, I have brought some of your other things from Locksley Manor for you.”
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"Guy's Rose" (Book 1), by Gratiana Lovelace, 2012
FanfictionSir Guy has been hauled from Nottingham by Prince John's soldiers after Sherrif Vasey blames him for the lack of sufficient tribute monies collected from the nobles to line Prince John's cofferes. Sir Guy thinks that he is a dead man once he reache...
