Corbie's

One of the extended subplots deals with Corbie's war with these neighbors, but the first case that Corbie's called to deal with has to do with extortion, and that leads to his capture by the lowest of the backwoods low.

Archive 2009-03-01 Bill Crider 2009

LMP liked Rosie's suggestion of "happiness out of sunbeams" best and I was deeply taken with Corbie's suggestion of spinning "silence like that of an icy winter's night."

Archive 2007-11-01 Spinningfishwife 2007

LMP liked Rosie's suggestion of "happiness out of sunbeams" best and I was deeply taken with Corbie's suggestion of spinning "silence like that of an icy winter's night."

And the winners are..... Spinningfishwife 2007

She surveyed the room that had been Lord Corbie's; plain stone walls, three entrances, no windows.

Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998

She surveyed the room that had been Lord Corbie's; plain stone walls, three entrances, no windows.

The Oathbound Lackey, Mercedes 1988

"Somebody broke into Corbie's house last night," he said.

The White Rose Cook, Glen 1985

He spied Corbie's oilskin packet, without thinking started to slide it inside his jacket.

The White Rose Cook, Glen 1985

He returned the packet to the table, peeled back one of Corbie's eyelids.

The White Rose Cook, Glen 1985

There was a note of command in Corbie's voice the youth had not heard before.

The White Rose Cook, Glen 1985

A man touched Corbie's throat, felt a feeble pulse, noted that Corbie was taking shallow breaths spaced far more widely than those of a man sleeping.

The White Rose Cook, Glen 1985