Meanwhile, as the chateau in the centre of the small town was quickly filling with smoke and the first coughing soldiers were stumbling out of their quarters to raise an alarm, and as two women made their way towards the cell wherein the Flaming Scholar was incarcerated, two vehicles were travelling along the roadway thatContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 5 – Highway Robbery”
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The Flaming Scholar part 4 – The Diversion
At exactly eleven of the clock the next night, a figure, barely seen in the darkness and shadows that clung to the chateau walls, lifted a hatchway in the roadway that was used to gain access to the cellars of the building, he slipped quietly down into the space below and the hatchway door loweredContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 4 – The Diversion”
The Flaming Scholar part 3 – The Reconaissance
As the old couple entered through the gateway of the chateau they were waylaid by the guards. The old fortified chateau occupied the main part of the centre of the small town which was situated on a small hill rising out of the surrounding fields of vineyards. ‘We are come to ask favour of hisContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 3 – The Reconaissance”
