Footsteps in Time (38 page)

“
He’ll play that down,
especially as so few men remain to gainsay him. Watch,” Ieuan said,
“they’ll name him regent within a week.”

“
He holds one of those
‘Great Offices of State’ doesn’t he? What’s his—the sixth highest
in England?” I said.

“
He’s Lord High Constable.
That makes him fifth, though at this point, he’s probably moved up
because at least a couple of the men in front of him are
dead.”

I slid down the wall until
I sat on the floor, my knees bent in front of me, and placed my
chin in my hands. “We’ll see what develops tonight,” I said. “Right
now Falkes is too busy with the news of Edward to worry about
us.”

“
So we can hope,” Ieuan
said.

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