Chapter 242

 As Rathus and the count spent the day traveling too and contending with the home of Olva and Broddy, Titus spent his tending to the needs of the people in the village along with the rest of the staff. Just a little after dawn, Renna had arrived with a few other factory hands bearing desparately needed medical supplies. Around that time, Dalek, Ellie, Lady Kiara, and the rest of the kitchen staff had also turned up at the cathedral with cauldrens full of porrige and stew. 

 Tensions eased somewhat as wounds were mended, bellies were filled, and warm blankets were distributed, but there was still an overbearing aprehensiveness to the atmosphere. Duke Archebald was doing what he could to improve moral, and the information that the Count had gone to enlist workers to repair all of the damages was dissiminated. Even so, everyone seemed alarmed and miserable. By the time noon had passed, Titus felt he was going mad.