The Garderobe of Death

The new mystery of the Garderobe of Death is most intriguing. It does not so much unravel as tie itself in knots.

There is certainly a dead body. Most decidedly dead. The amount of detail I have deciphered concerning the actual death is far more than I either sought or require, much of it of a most distasteful nature. Still, it is the duty of the scholar to pass on the facts and I will leave it to the reader to decide when to close their eyes.

The body seems to be surrounded by a variety of goings on. I have not completed comprehensive research but am confident on first sight that most of them are sinful.

There is also a variety of individuals involved. I am absolutely positive that they are all sinful.

Hermitage and Wat are the exceptions of course and they continue to plough their unique furrows. I am troubled that Hermitage really seems to have got himself into water far deeper than his swimming ability, (which I have not definitively confirmed through evidential analysis but which I summise to be non-existent). He has got himself mixed up with a most alarming band and I genuinely fear for his safety.

Wat the Weaver's reputation preceeds him and his very individual tapestries seem widely known. I have still not managed to unearth an original Wat, but from my reading of the texts I am coming to the firm conclusion his subject matter is inappropriately intimate. Whether this will stand him in good stead with the new Norman overlords we wait to discover. It could be that they are high minded people who will be shocked at Wat's images and will deal with him accordingly. From what I have seen so far I think this unlikely and suspect instead that his prices will go up.

To date it seems that Wat and Hermitage have begun their investigation of this death with stumbling bewilderment. Master Wat, usually so at home with the more distasteful aspects of human nature and its most adept practitioners, is taken aback by the unique qualities of the Normans. The Saxons are no better.

I must return to the tale so that I can get it into a suitable form for re-telling around the fireside. - as long as the fireside exlcudes small children and those of a nervous disposition.

Howard
Warwick, England
Monday