Chapter 3
THAT DISTURBED Johanna more than anything, and as she watched Master Deim walk down the gangplank and wave to the guards with his usual jovial manner, a chill came over her. Because every night except those where she bled, she had slept with Roald and she had noticed no changes in her body. Her last bleeding was three weeks ago and it had disappointed her.
How long did it normally take for a woman to become with child?
She thought she had heard rumours that it had happened to some girls after being with a man just once.
Maybe she and Roald were doing something wrong.
A couple of young children were running between the tents, to a mother who had called them for the midday meal. All those people obviously knew how to do it right.
Was there anyone she could ask?
In Saardam, y
