guard at the gates, of Troskowitz
“I am just a man who likes a drink and a warm corner, friend, if the quartermaster lets me be.”
Things Vashek had written, latest first, with the glosses of his neighbours.
the Tuesday before Whitsun, at Vespers
These Hungarian soldiers on the roads are making a mess of things, friend. A man cannot even find a quiet merchant to sell a certain piece of silver to without drawing eyes. I just want the coin for the alehouse.
the feast of St Florian, at Prime
Havel is a loud bastard who thinks shouting makes him the captain. He bullied the new lads until I told him to shut his mouth. David and Humphrey are still whining about Tuma's death. Tedious noise that ruins my drink.
Say that to my face, you drunkard.
Tuma was a good man, Vashek. Have some respect for the dead.
Nota scribaeDictated while leaning against the tavern wall. He smelled strongly of stale beer.
the second day of Easter week, at Sext
Mikesh is sitting by his warm fire tallying his cursed ledger, and the Easter muster is here. A certain friend of mine pawned my kit for ale money, and if I don't get it back soon, I am for the pillory.
Ash Wednesday, at Terce
It is a cruel world when a man's boiled leather goes walking off just because some sullen dog is short of coin for his cup. Now I am freezing at the gate and the wind bites right to the bone.
Keep jumping from foot to foot, Vashek, it keeps the blood warm.
I saw someone with your straps at the market.
Nota scribaeThe man spoke with a distinct slur, though it was barely mid-morning.
the day after St Blaise, at None
A man cannot make a simple tavern joke anymore without someone nursing a grievance like a wounded dog. I meant no malice about his mother. She is buried these three winters! Walter is far too soft and needs to learn to take a jest.
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You better not be selling anything we found in the mud, you whoreson.
Mind your own cup, friend.