To Have & To Hold by Mary Johnson Chapter 28 Page 3

When the drum beat for the nooning the roll was close in my ears. The world looked so bright and keen that it seemed new made, and the brilliant sunshine and the cold wind stirred the blood like wine.

Now and then men and women passed through the square below. Well-nigh all glanced up at the window, and their eyes were friendly. It was known now that Buckingham was paramount at home, and my Lord Carnal’s following in Virginia was much decayed. Young Hamor strode by, bravely dressed and whistling cheerily, and doffed a hat with a most noble broken feather. “We’re going to bait a bear below the fort!” he called. “Sorry you’ll miss the sport! There will be all the world — and my Lord Carnal.” He whistled himself away, and presently there came along Master Edward Sharpless.