Orosia

Orosia called the goat over to sit between them, and they leaned against each other, back to back over the goat, sharing each other's warmth against the chill from the air and the damp ground.

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Whatever it was or might have come to be, it had been sweet to Orosia.

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Orosia's parents considered it a rich noble's casual generosity, and thanked her with more courtesy than Orosia herself was able to summon up.

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And Bradamant's abandoned shovel made a cane for Orosia.

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The goat was inclined to resent this arrangement, but after some praise and coaxing from Orosia accepted it as tolerable.

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Orosia put one arm over Brada-mant's shoulders, keeping most of her weight to that side, but getting a little support on the other side by keeping a hand on the goat's rump.

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The girl -- Orosia, her name was -- had a little knife at her belt for cutting up her food, and Bradamant took it and used it to cut off a bandage from the girl's skirt.

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The night was cold, even in full summer, so high up, but Orosia, with her injured leg, could scarcely go back down the narrow trail in the dimness of the moonlight.

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But it would probably never be clear, even to Orosia, and certainly not to Bradamant, if affection for the lamina might have grown into desire.

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Orosia stepped out into the courtyard and demanded an explanation.

Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine Annie T. Colcock