The Firebrand
The Firebrand
“Besides the King and Queen there were Creusa and Aeneas, Hector and Andromache, with their little son, and Helen and Paris with her children. Nikos, a handsome boy, was a year older than Hector’s son; the twins were running around, but were no particular trouble, as each had his own nurse who kept him under reasonable control.
It seemed to Kassandra strange that the years of war had made little change in the palace dining hall. The paintings on the walls were a little faded and cracked; she sup...posed that the palace servants who might have been repainting them had other duties, if they were not among the army. There were many kinds of food, including fresh fish—although indeed, there was not much of this. Andromache told her that the Akhaians had dirtied the harbor so that the finest fish stayed farther out at sea; and no one could be spared to go out with the fishing boats through the blockade of the Akhaian soldiers.
“And when a boat does go out,” she added,“the Akhaians draw it onto shore and take most of the best fish.”MoreLess
It seemed to Kassandra strange that the years of war had made little change in the palace dining hall. The paintings on the walls were a little faded and cracked; she sup...posed that the palace servants who might have been repainting them had other duties, if they were not among the army. There were many kinds of food, including fresh fish—although indeed, there was not much of this. Andromache told her that the Akhaians had dirtied the harbor so that the finest fish stayed farther out at sea; and no one could be spared to go out with the fishing boats through the blockade of the Akhaian soldiers.
“And when a boat does go out,” she added,“the Akhaians draw it onto shore and take most of the best fish.”MoreLess
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