* Anumesa applauds and buys Jaycol an ale
"The darkness fell complete and still
The night the cutthroats came
They stole among the shadowed halls
To threaten and to maim"
"She watched them come through tear filled lids
And clung to her bag of gold
Her husband had given it to her
A ring hid in its folds"
"In it was laid a ruby
Sweeter than any prose
Her husband had given it to her
Because she was his rose"
"He had gone away to the next town
Only the night before
She feared he would return too late
The man that she adored"
"She hid her bag close to her breast
And a tiny dagger drew
She grimly clung to its cold steel
They were coming, this she knew"
"They finally entered her small house
And were heard upon the stair
She hid inside the closet
Fear upon her cheeks so fair"
"Twas not long before they found her
And dragged her to her feet
She slashed at them with her dagger
But none, their end did meet"
"They took one glance at her fair face
And ran her through with sword
She gasped, her world began to fade
As downstairs approached her Lord"
"He climbed the stairs like one posessed
And battled to her side
Yet once he slew the many men
He bent his head and cried"
"She lay upon the floor so still
Her hair to her face did cling
In her right hand lay the dagger
Upon her left there lay the ring"
"He roared his mighty anguish
And tears betrayed his living hell
He drew his silver broadsword
And upon its length he fell"
"Their house burned down that very night
And melted into soot
Yet from the coals a great tree sprung
With roses at its foot"