My Night With the Knight
Today’s random word is: night
I had no idea he was a knight. He’d just asked me to partner him to a ball for the Knights of the Garter.
I’d heard of the group, but had never actually met a knight. I was curious.
I borrowed my friend Emily’s fabulous gown complete with garter. In my opinion, these things don’t actually serve a function, but they’re all the rage, so when in Rome...
On that night, he was ushering me outside when the darned garter fell.
A few people tittered, whereupon he turned to them and said with disgust:
“Honi soit qui mal y pense!”
Note: ‘Honi soit qui mal y pense” roughly translates to: Evil to him who evil thinks. You can read about it here.
If you’re not already on board with writing drabbles, (short, 100-word stories, no more, no less,) do yourself a favour. Get stuck in! They are a lot of fun to write, but also serve as a lesson in tight writing, given the 100-word constraint.
