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Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl

The new bower was a very pretty room--for the thirteenth century--but its girl-owner was the prettiest thing in it. Her age was thirteen that day, but she was so tall that she might easily have been supposed two or three years older. She had a very fair complexion, violet-blue eyes, and hair exactly the colour of a cedar pencil. If physiognomy may be trusted, the face indicated a loving and amiable disposition. The two ladies who had just entered from the ante-room--the mother and aunt of Margaret were both tall, finely-developed women, with shining fair hair. They spoke French, evidently as the mother-tongue: but in 1234. | Earl Hubert s Daughter by Emily Sarah Holt 1 EARL HUBERT S DAUGHTER EMILY SARAH HOLT CHAPTER ONE. CHAPTER TWO. CHAPTER THREE. CHAPTER FOUR. CHAPTER FIVE. CHAPTER SIX. CHAPTER SEVEN. CHAPTER EIGHT. CHAPTER NINE. CHAPTER TEN. CHAPTER ELEVEN. CHAPTER TWELVE. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Earl Hubert s Daughter by Emily Sarah Holt The Project Gutenberg EBook of Earl Hubert s Daughter by Emily Sarah Holt This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title Earl Hubert s Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century Author Emily Sarah Holt Release Date December 31 2007 EBook 24085 Earl Hubert s Daughter by Emily Sarah Holt 2 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EARL HUBERT S DAUGHTER Produced by Nick Hodson of London England Earl Hubert s Daughter by Emily Sarah Holt. ___________________________________________________________________________________This is one of Emily Holt s admirable and deeply researched historical novels this time set in the early years of the thirteenth century. The main players in the story appear at first sight to be the upper-class ladies of the Court and their various somewhat confusing relationships. But early in the book an old Jewish pedlar comes and displays rich wares of a surprising value and variety. One of the girls asks if he can get some special embroidery done on a scarf she wants to give as a present. Abraham sends in his young daughter Belasez and conditions are agreed such that she will not be called upon to do or eat anything she should not and all this seems to work very well. But the story involving Belasez her mother Licorice and her brother Delecresse gets more and more involved and interesting. Belasez realises that there has been something