600 new words today, helped by some of yesterday's research. I decided to fill out Rupert's attempts at archaeology a bit more:
He pulled the weeds more firmly out of the way to reveal a small, rusted metal sign, almost buried in the soil at the foot of the grave. Rupert moved to one side, so his shadow no longer obscured the remaining words, and made out part of a name –d FitzAlan-Howard, then below it more words –inquished to the earth and below those a date –ber 1927..
Rupert tried to make sense of his new find. This couldn't be a second grave – not even the grave of a faithful spaniel. The Dukes of Norfolk were Catholic, like the Dowager Duchess Margaret, and had once owned the moors he stood on. He wondered whether the family had found the grave, as he had done and recognised the name of its occupant. Perhaps they had cared for the surroundings until at last the land had been sold, and the grave relinquished once again to the wilds moorland.
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on 2015-07-08 07:29 pm (UTC)He pulled the weeds more firmly out of the way to reveal a small, rusted metal sign, almost buried in the soil at the foot of the grave. Rupert moved to one side, so his shadow no longer obscured the remaining words, and made out part of a name –d FitzAlan-Howard, then below it more words –inquished to the earth and below those a date –ber 1927..
Rupert tried to make sense of his new find. This couldn't be a second grave – not even the grave of a faithful spaniel. The Dukes of Norfolk were Catholic, like the Dowager Duchess Margaret, and had once owned the moors he stood on. He wondered whether the family had found the grave, as he had done and recognised the name of its occupant. Perhaps they had cared for the surroundings until at last the land had been sold, and the grave relinquished once again to the wilds moorland.