CHAPTER 31
The stunningly hot water of the baths in the balineum was having an effect on the deep ache in George’s abused leg. Alun told him no one used the baths in the middle of the afternoon, and he was relieved to find that true. The healed skin was still intact after the exertions today, but bright red in the heat, and the muscles were weak and painful.
He hoped to avoid meeting anyone. It would hardly inspire confidence for people to see him wounded like this. So far, he’d been lucky to have the place to himself for what must be half an hour. In the silent room, he heard nothing but the occasional lap of water, and lay there mostly submerged, half awake.
The noise of someone fumbling at the rear entrance door roused him, and he scrambled out to avoid detection, limping quietly to
