From the Sketchbook: Scene 1

These sketches illustrate the first scene of Courting Trouble. After a tour of her abbey with a very tiresome bishop, the elderly Abbess Cynethrith reminisces about her youth. She tells us about the day she pumped a monk for information, got a glimpse of a naked monarch, and ran into a very angry queen.

Meet Abbess Cynethrith

 When we first meet Cynthrith she is the Abbess of Whitburh. She' a little cranky and lets us know pretty quickly that she probably isn't entirely holy. From Courting Trouble

You’ve heard my story already. Or rather, you think you have. I’ve heard it myself a few times on visits to my grandchildren, bellowed out in the hall by some whelp too green to know a thing about it—and too dim to realize that the source of his fable is sitting right in front of him. I think that’s why the old die in the end: we get so disgusted with young people.

Speaking of disgusting young people, did I tell you about the bishop’s visit last week?. . . .