"Sir Guy's Atonement" (Book 3) by Gratiana Lovelace, 2015 (a Wattys2015 Nominee)

Ch. 6 (PG-13): Before the Feast

"Sir Guy's Atonement" (Book 3), Ch. 6 (PG-13):   Before the Feast,   February 13, 2015 Gratiana Lovelace

 [An Original Fan Fiction adaptation of the characters from the BBC's Robin Hood; 

& a Sequel to "Sir Guy's Dilemma" (Book 2) by Gratiana Lovelace]

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 [From time to time, I will illustrate my story with my dream cast of:  Richard Armitage as Sir Guy of Gisborne, Clive Standen as Lord Archer of Locksley, Emma Watson as Lady Roseanna Gisborne, Tommy Bastow as the young Seth Gisborne, Lucy Griffiths as the spectre of Lady Marian, James McAvoy as Lord George Middleton, Toby Stephens as Prince John, Dakota Fanning as Lady Caroline Havorford,  Chris Hemsworth as Sir Roderick Merton, etc.]

Author's Mature Content Note:  "Sir Guy's Atonement" is a story of romance and intrigue set amidst  Medieval times.  As such there will be some passages in this story involving heartfelt love scenes (S) and some passages involving highly dramatic moments (D).  I will label the maturity rating of those chapters accordingly.  Otherwise, the general rating for this story is PG or PG-13 due to some mature situations and topics.  If you are unable or unwilling to attend a movie with the ratings that I provide, then please do not read the chapters with those labels.  This is my disclaimer.

Author's Recap from the previous installment:  With little six year old Lady Helen Gisborne lunging over the five story high castle keep tower parapet to try to save her cat Cloud from falling—only to become in danger of falling herself and entangling her brother Seth as one of her rescuers who also almost plunges to the ground—their rescuer is a young and strong knight named Sir Roderick Merton of Staffordshire.  Unfortunately, Sir Roderick suffers an agonizingly painful dislocated shoulder in the rescue of the Gisborne children that Lord Archer has to reset for him since the physician was away.   Grateful beyond words that daughter Lady Helen and son Seth were saved by this noble knight, Sir Guy and Lady Roseanna welcome Sir Roderick into the hospitality of their large guest suite apartments in Gordon Castle and they also invite him to dine with them tonight at the feast this Friday night of March 29th, 1199.

"Sir Guy's Atonement" (Book 3), Ch. 6 (PG-13)—Before the Feast

By the time Lady Roseanna Gisborne and her children's nursemaid had put the younger Gisborne children—two year old Lady Sarah and six month old Lady Diana—to bed before tonight's celebratory feast at Gordon Castle to honor Sir Guy of Gisborne's soon to be elevation to a Barony, it is almost time for the feast.   And Lady Roseanna with the aid of her ladies maid swiftly finishes dressing herself, her six year old daughter Lady Helen, and her four year old son Louis for the feast tonight.  So even before the feast is set to begin, Lady Roseanna is quite fatigued. 

And as a concerned mother, Lady Roseanna was uncertain if her daughter Lady Helen would be in good enough spirits to attend the feast after her ordeal of dangling over the keep tower this afternoon.  However, Lady Roseanna muses now as she sees her daughter twirl excitedly in her new pale blue silk and lace gown, that if Lady Helen's powers of recuperation are so swift as a six year old, she shudders to think how arrestingly at turns either mercurial or  sanguine that Lady Helen will be as a maid contemplating a bevy of suitors in a few years time.  But then, Lady Roseanna, herself, was quite formidable.  It took the power and presence of her esteemed and beloved husband Sir Guy to tame her headstrong ways.  Well, they tamed each other and are an enviable love match in temperament and wishes.