"The interplay between the two black housemaids, Annie and Cerys, starts off humorously, masking a deeper power dynamic that unfolds as the play progresses."
New Medieval Books: A Quest for God and Spices - Medievalists.net
The early morning sky was gray and full of menace as one hundred pilgrims boarded the galley Minervi. All but two scurried safely across the wobbly boarding plank, while the crew laughingly fished the others out of the harbor.