Servant of Death Quotes

“The abbot stood agape, like a landed fish, his mouth working silently as he tried to conjure up a reply. Nothing came.”
― Sarah Hawkswood, Servant of Death

“here was something beyond his experience, beyond his imagining, and all at once he was floundering. His mind worked slowly, as if clogged by the honey from the abbey hives, and raised problems rather than solutions.”
― Sarah Hawkswood, Servant of Death

“He might not hold them in high esteem, but he had learnt long ago how precious of their dignity minor officials could be.”
― Sarah Hawkswood, Servant of Death

“Women were definitely a wicked distraction.”
― Sarah Hawkswood, Servant of Death

“He rather ostentatiously removed his gauntlets and beat them against his leg to loosen the dust, but then ruined the effect by sneezing.”
― Sarah Hawkswood, Servant of Death

“the Avon flowed sluggishly, too heat-weary to rush.”
― Sarah Hawkswood, Servant of Death