She can stay with you until the midwife arrives. Fletcher is very experienced in these matters. Reynolds should want one of the cooks at a moment like this. People have good memories from there, he thought. Could be thunder, could be cannons, could be fireworks. They had had a problem with a streetcar driver last Christmas. But Anette told me that she happened to trip and break the window. Aneta saw Halders turn into the kitchen on the left side of the hall.
Our auxiliaries ran forward with the hurdles again and tried to shield us, though they could not guard every man. They filled the air like locusts, preying on the men who strained to pull the tower forward.
Now we were in range of the walls, and the defenders unleashed a storm of small stones and arrows against us. Our progress had not made us safe, merely exposed us to new danger. And the only person who can answer that question is Joe. I just need to find out where the little singer is right now. Little by little, my memories are being crushed under the weight of time.
