The People’s Queen

Ran borune sent diplomatically worded protests to rak goska and yar nadrak, but they were generally ignored. She could not have spoken to anyone when she was out, for she had been in the company of the bridegroom. He came to the outskirts of the village and continued trudging toward the business district, which fronted on the river.

Behind him a dark wall cut steeply into the darkness. But at night, with his shoes off, his coat hung in the closet, his cravat loosened, and a glass of bundle-gin in his hand, he looked to dennis a much more natural man.