Chapter 13: Rosalind - A Splintering

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Rosalind & Mathild don't go riding that afternoon, or the next, or the next
Roland orders their mares, paper, pens, and books taken away
Can work on music and needlepoint
Rosalind tells Abigale she will not do either
Rosalind and Mathild have breakfast
Two soldiers come to take Jolly
Rosalind grabs her bow and arrows to shoo away the soldiers
Rosalind chases soldiers to great hall
They get reinforcements
Rosalind succeeds in nipping one soldier in the ear, removing at least three fingertips, and impaling two left feet.
The soldiers retreat
Rosalind notes a mess of trays and food and feels bad because of the servants
Rosalind counts remaining arrows - 3
Elspeth arrives & scolds Rosalind
Arthor & his men arrive
Elspeth scold them
Arthoer says Roland said to take Rosalind to the block
Elspeth dismisses them all
Elspeth makes Rosalind apologize to her father
Roland demands her bow and arrows
Rosalind goes back to her room crying
Mathild comforts her and tells her she gave up Jolly
Rosalind pinches her angrily & says she shouldn't have helped her
Mathild helps Rosalind carry the bows & arrows & quivers
Roland orders them to be burned
Rosalind begs him to stop
Elspeth disagrees
Rosalind's bow breaks
She asks her father Why
“A young woman does not need a bow and arrow, much less a princess.”