VI. Interlude with Cheese and Ale
Nonetheless, there was yet more waiting for Adelard of Angilbert to reply. And since Kurval and his troops were the besiegers rather than the besieged, they used that time to enjoy a hearty lunch of bread and cheese and ale. The common soldiers also had porridge and salted pork with that. Compared to some of the rations Kurval had subsisted upon in his own time as a soldier, his army should consider itself lucky.
Nonetheless, kinghood had its privileges. And so Kurval and his closest advisers enjoyed a more luxurious meal of fresh eggs and roast rabbit. The bread was nicer as well, fresh rye bread from the oven of a farmer’s wife in the valley, lightly spiced with fennel, anis and coriander. Young Ragur had even supplied a jar of sweet and spicy fruit pr
