The Bastard's Tale (Dame Frevisse Medieval Mysteries)

"The Welsh wind moaned against the heavily shuttered windows and along the thickness of the tower's stone walls, giving the lamp-lighted, fire-shadowed room with its tapestries, carpets, cushions, and fire on the hearth even more than its usual sense of comfort from a winter's night, when dinner and most of the day's duties were done and there was quietness and talk through the while until bed."