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... of rain.
In Westminster’s great hall, King Cnút sat alone at his long table, fingers drumming upon the heavy oaken boards.
The hall was nearly silent. No bards, no raucous laughter of huscarls; only the cautious shuffling of servants who dared not meet his eye.
A scroll lay unrolled before him. Its seal bore the crossed keys of Saint Peter, broken to reveal the stern Latin script within.
The Pope’s legate had written with all the icy courtesy of Rome; the kind th ...
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