~Fifteen~“You've got him, Gerard, you've got him!” Antoine yelled, jumping to his feet as he cupped his hands around his mouth.
“Go in for the kill!” Henri cheered from his place beside Antoine, hands pumping the air.
Arranged on blankets of the softest linen, the small but merry group could see both tilting yard and fencing court, combatants in the tournament fighting valiantly on both. Gerard the Giant fought valiantly in the fourth round of the fencing duels, demolishing all who opposed him in record time.
On the tightly cropped lawn beside the Obelisk Fountain, toward the back north corner of the vast Versailles gardens, Jeanne and Henri, Olympe and Lynette, Antoine and Laurent could see almost the entire large field, typically quiet, bursting with life with today's festival events.
