![]() ![]() She is pregnant with Ralph’s son after a failed attempt to exchange sex with Ralph for Wulfric’s land. ![]() Ralph uses his power as a lord to prevent the peasant Wulfric from inheriting his father’s land Gwenda subsequently becomes Wulfric’s lover and then his wife. In Part 3, which occurs in the last half of 1337, Merthin transforms himself into a bridge builder after his master dismisses him from his apprenticeship. Caris, now an able lieutenant to her father, discovers a gift for healing and leadership as she cares for the victims of the bridge collapse. Merthin sleeps with his master’s daughter. Ralph rescues his lord and becomes the lord of Wigleigh. ![]() Gwenda uses the confusion to free herself from the gang to whom her father sold her. The bridge into the town collapses, killing many important leaders in the town and changing the lives of the major characters. In Part 2, the narrative picks up 10 years later. Merthin becomes a carpenter’s apprentice, and Ralph becomes a squire after their family goes bankrupt. Gwenda, a peasant girl, begins a lifelong friendship with Caris, the daughter of a prosperous wool merchant. Merthin helps Thomas bury the letter, and Thomas enters the priory as a monk. Young Caris Wooler, Gwenda, and brothers Merthin and Ralph witness Thomas Langley running away from armed men intent on retrieving a letter that contains the secret of what really happened to Edward II after his wife deposed him. ![]()
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