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“You,” she whispered, getting to her feet and extending the horn towards him. “You are the Green Man! Blow as thou wilt!”

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Book:Saplings of Sherwood

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“Methinks some trouble may be worth stirring,” she remarked. “The company Our Lord kept was not altogether lauded either. Some shepherds are determined to find lost sheep, I suppose, even at the risk of smelling like them.”

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“My father fought against the infidels during the last crusade. It cost him his life. But even if one who had served among the Mohammadan rabble sought sanctuary at the chapel gates, I would give it to him. The laws of the Almighty stand above the laws of men.”

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“I play the affable fool at social gatherings and cut deals in back rooms with my fellow Normans. But I cannot trust them with my vulnerability. Only from you I hide nothing, for you are open about your feelings and your cause, even to those on the other side. Yes, you are a Saxon, but…I trust you more than my own people.”

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“God calls to all men through beauty,” he said. “Grace saves us, but is not grace beautiful? I think it must be full womanly, even, to draw men in, and to give us a second birth.”

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“I think our ancestors foresaw grace, the original kind that makes all things grow, and is ever giving birth to greater greenery, not just in the wood, but in the heart. It is ever making us something we once were, and something we have yet to become.”

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“Marian shook her head. “Nay, I would see a world that is more concerned with justice and mercy than with rank.”

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“All I ask is that they remember Christ came unto the poor as a child of the poor. God is among them, on their side, and they needn’t be afraid of men like Renouf, Montefault, or Cavendish.”

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“I have not forgotten that I am a Norman, nor the responsibilities that I bear. I swear I will be a lady worthy of our family name, worthy of England, and worthy of my conscience.”

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“Yes, despite everything, I astonish myself by daring to hope. Marian gives me that hope. There is so much good to be found in England, for we are all her people, no matter our rank or fortune or lineage. Surely it is our choices that define us, no matter which side our sires fought on at Hastings field.”

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