Tag: Chapter 7

It is not one of the windowless cells. Raoul wonders if this was Fabien’s idea of compassion, but the narrow, iron-barred slit in the wall allows Henri Bernard a glimpse of the open sky, where birds fly free, and of the river, where life continues unobstructed, so Raoul settles on cruelty.  “This is the Marquis … Continue reading Chapter Seven-King of France, by Mordaunt