{"id":235,"date":"2026-01-03T20:29:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/a-midsummer-tempest-anderson-poul\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T20:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:29:30","slug":"a-midsummer-tempest-anderson-poul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/a-midsummer-tempest-anderson-poul\/","title":{"rendered":"A Midsummer Tempest – Anderson, Poul"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. A HEATH ABOUT TO BE BLASTED.<\/p>\n

Throughout that sullen day, cannon had spoken from time to time between the confronting armies.<\/p>\n

Otherwise there was no move of war. First Rupert waited for the Yorkshiremen; afterward he waited for morning, aware that meanwhile hunger, and memory of the defeats he had already dealt them, would gnaw his enemies for him.<\/p>\n

But as evening drew in, clouds massed blue-black across heaven. A wind hooted bleak beneath, snickering in the whins. The gloom flared and banged. Now God lets loose His own artillery, went through Rupert. Across its noise came a sound nearly as deep and more harsh. The drumfire of a Roundhead hymn replies. They seem to think the storm\u2019s a sign to them.<\/p>\n

He touched spurs to horse and trotted along the ranks of his cavalry and musketeers till he found the man he wanted. \u201cThis breeze is full of battle smells. Hoy, chaplain!\u201d he called; the wind fretted his words. \u201cLet prayers be said.\u201d On the way back, he added wryly, \u201cWe\u2019ve done what else we can.\u201d<\/p>\n

As he took station again, his dog snuffed his boot and offered him a somehow forlorn tail-wagging. He leaned over to rumple the great white head. \u201cSo, Boye,\u201d he murmured, \u201cso, so, be easy, good old friend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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