“The room is round as a turrent and full of light. The...

“The room is round as a turrent and full of light. The roof curves up to an arch. The fire has a screen, and through narrow metal holes carved in cunning shapes, comes a rosy glow. Rushlights burn on each wall, beside tapestries that cover closed and shuttered windows. It reminds me of Nell’s neat croft—the arch she added to the door, the glowing oilcloth across the holes in her walls. Nell’s house was like a tiny hall of a lady or lord, a woodland nobility.”

— from the novel SINFUL FOLK