Chapter 6“Down here we have the wine cellar, the treasury, and the baths.”
Tony gave Cerdic a disbelieving look. “You have to come all the way down here to take a bath?”
“Oh, I do not. I have a private one in the Royal wing, which is on the upper level. These are for any guests who might be staying for a night or more. There is a second flight of stairs directly to them from the guest wing.”
“At least they’re semi-convenient, then. Has anyone tried to break into the treasury,” Tony asked, studying the large, oak-planked door, banded top and bottom with heavy copper turned green with age like the bolt which kept the door closed.
“Never within my reign,” Cerdic told him. He banged on the door when he said that and Tony wondered if he was superstitiously knocking on wood or merely testing
