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“Not To This Retreat of Mine” by Rob MacWolf (read by the Author)
24th December 2025 • The Voice of Dog • Rob MacWolf and guests
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Hearken to a Winter’s Tale, from Olden Times, of Castles Cold and Firesides Warm, wherein may be reveal’d Secret Wisdom to those Fortunate enough to Discern it.

Today’s story is “Not to This Retreat of Mine” by Rob MacWolf, who wishes every other lone wanderer on the winter roads a fireside to rest at. He is author of You Look Lost, Pup and Of Late Belonging, and you can find more of his stories from both Bewere Books and Bad Dog Books.

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thus:

some

thus:

comfort,

thus:

and

thus:

Our

thus:

Lady

thus:

knows

thus:

it

thus:

must

thus:

be

thus:

a

thus:

hard

thus:

thing

thus:

to

thus:

remain

thus:

a

thus:

prisoner

thus:

here

thus:

so

thus:

far

thus:

from

thus:

those

thus:

one

thus:

loves.”
“Not

thus:

so

thus:

far

thus:

as

thus:

all

thus:

that,

thus:

I

thus:

have

thus:

heard,”

thus:

the

thus:

Brewer

thus:

smirked.
“And

thus:

what,”

thus:

Berta

thus:

cut

thus:

her

thus:

off,

thus:

for

thus:

there

thus:

was

thus:

no

thus:

need

thus:

to

thus:

let

thus:

rumor

thus:

wander

thus:

in

thus:

that

thus:

direction

thus:

again, “was

thus:

the

thus:

name

thus:

of

thus:

this

thus:

messenger?”
The

thus:

Brewer

thus:

had to admit

thus:

she

thus:

knew not.
“And what the species of this messenger?”
The Brewer owned that she knew

thus:

not.
“And

thus:

what

thus:

spoke

thus:

he

thus:

of,

thus:

with

thus:

the

thus:

Baron

thus:

and

thus:

the

thus:

Captain?”
The

thus:

Brewer

thus:

knew

thus:

not

thus:

this

thus:

either,

thus:

for

thus:

the

thus:

Chaplain

thus:

had

thus:

not

thus:

followed the

thus:

three

thus:

of

thus:

them

thus:

from

thus:

the

thus:

chapel. “In

thus:

any

thus:

case

thus:

he

thus:

would

thus:

hardly

thus:

say

thus:

such a

thus:

thing

thus:

as

thus:

gossip

thus:

in

thus:

the

thus:

confessional!

thus:

But

thus:

there ’tis,

thus:

and

thus:

I

thus:

have

thus:

brought

thus:

you

thus:

the tale

thus:

direct, so

thus:

you

thus:

may

thus:

know

thus:

it

thus:

is

thus:

truly

so:

so:

Sir Ferdinando

so:

is to be ransom’d

so:

at last!”
“This

so:

is

so:

not

so:

direct

so:

at

so:

all!”

so:

Berta

so:

threw

so:

up

so:

her

so:

paws. “It

so:

comes from

so:

the

so:

Spicer

so:

and

so:

the

so:

Baker.”
“Well

so:

of

so:

course

so:

the

so:

Spicer

so:

told

so:

the

so:

Baker

so:

first,

so:

as

so:

surely

so:

he

so:

would!”
“I

so:

know

so:

not

so:

any

so:

such

so:

thing!”
“Why,”

so:

the

so:

Brewer

so:

put

so:

a

so:

very

so:

modest

so:

hoof

so:

before

so:

her

so:

lips, “I

so:

dare

so:

say

so:

that

so:

what

so:

the

so:

Baker

so:

went

so:

to

so:

confess

so:

of,

so:

as

so:

ever,

so:

was

so:

the

so:

Spicer.”
“I

so:

credit

so:

not

so:

such

so:

a

so:

tale,”

so:

Berta

so:

spoke

so:

swiftly,

so:

lest

so:

rumor

so:

get

so:

its

so:

head

so:

and

so:

go

so:

the

so:

direction

so:

that

so:

ever

so:

it

so:

would

so:

insist

so:

on

so:

going. “Not

so:

till

so:

I

so:

hear

so:

of

so:

such

so:

a

so:

ransom paid, and Sir Ferdinando departs indeed!”
And

so:

with

so:

that

so:

she

so:

won

so:

past

so:

the

so:

Brewer,

so:

and

so:

put

so:

journey-bread,

so:

hard

so:

cheese,

so:

and

so:

a

so:

purse

so:

of

so:

raisins

so:

into

so:

her

so:

pack

so:

for

so:

the

so:

messenger.

“Why,

so:

I

so:

have

so:

such

so:

tales

so:

as

so:

you

so:

could

so:

not

so:

credit,”

so:

said

so:

the

so:

Laundress.
“Have

so:

you,

so:

though,”

so:

said

so:

Good

so:

Berta, “such

so:

a

so:

thing

so:

as

so:

a

so:

good

so:

stout

so:

winter

so:

cloak?”
“It’s

so:

a

so:

fine

so:

thing

so:

when

so:

a

so:

poor

so:

old

so:

goose

so:

like

so:

me,”

so:

said

so:

the

so:

Laundress, “must

so:

be

so:

forever

so:

putting

so:

aside

so:

her

so:

work,

so:

which

so:

only

so:

piles

so:

up

so:

the

so:

more,

so:

and

so:

me

so:

with

so:

my

so:

poor

so:

old

so:

back

so:

aching

so:

all

so:

the

so:

days,

so:

every

so:

time

so:

another

so:

rumor

so:

comes

so:

round! ’Tis

so:

a

so:

miracle

so:

that

so:

anyone

so:

in

so:

this

so:

house

so:

gets

so:

anything

so:

done!”
“Just

so:

as

so:

you

so:

say,”

so:

Berta

so:

said, “but

so:

if

so:

only

so:

I

so:

could

so:

get

so:

a

so:

good

so:

stout

so:

winter

so:

cloak,

so:

for

so:

the

so:

messenger,

so:

then

so:

t’would

so:

be

so:

at

so:

least

so:

one

so:

task

so:

done.”
“You

so:

know

so:

of

so:

that

so:

messenger

so:

then?

so:

You

so:

must

so:

tell

so:

me,

so:

then,

so:

if

so:

what

so:

I

so:

have

so:

heard

so:

is

so:

true!”
Good

so:

Berta sighed,

so:

for

so:

this

so:

was

so:

only

so:

as

so:

it

so:

ever

so:

was

so:

in

so:

the

so:

Castle

so:

of

so:

a

so:

Hundred

so:

Closets.
“I

so:

spoke

so:

with

so:

the

so:

Chambermaid,

so:

who

so:

brought

so:

down

so:

the

so:

laundry

so:

from

so:

Sir

so:

Ferdinando’s

so:

bedchamber,

so:

just

so:

by

so:

his

so:

lordship

so:

the

so:

Baron’s,

so:

and

so:

along

so:

the

so:

way,

so:

she

so:

said,

so:

she

so:

met

so:

the

so:

Stableboy

so:

on

so:

his

so:

way

so:

up

so:

from

so:

the

so:

stables,

so:

where

so:

he

so:

had

so:

spoken

so:

to

so:

the

so:

Watchmaster,

so:

and

so:

he

so:

had

so:

been

so:

with

so:

the

so:

Baron

so:

and

so:

the

so:

Captain

so:

when

so:

they

so:

went

so:

out

so:

riding

so:

yester-eve!”

so:

the

so:

Laundress

so:

was

so:

the

so:

greatest

so:

complainer

so:

in

so:

the

so:

castle,

so:

all

so:

the

so:

servants

so:

knew

so:

it

so:

save

so:

the

so:

Laundress.

so:

If

so:

one

so:

were

so:

to

so:

say

so:

the

so:

day was warm, she would complain of sweltering ague, and if the

so:

next

so:

were

so:

to

so:

say

so:

it was cool

so:

she would complain of frostbite and chills. If one were to say it was raining, she

so:

would complain that the damp made her bones ache, and if the next were to say it was fine she would

so:

complain

so:

that

so:

the

so:

harvest

so:

would

so:

wither

so:

from

so:

want

so:

of

so:

rain. “The

so:

Watchmaster

so:

thinks

so:

that

so:

this ‘messenger’

so:

is

so:

no

so:

messenger

so:

at

so:

all,

so:

he

so:

is

so:

a

so:

former

so:

man-at-arms

so:

from

so:

among

so:

Captain

so:

Ferdinando’s

so:

company

so:

of

so:

mercenaries!

so:

And

so:

the

so:

Stableboy

so:

said,

so:

why

so:

then,

so:

he

so:

can

so:

only

so:

be

so:

here

so:

to

so:

persuade

so:

the

so:

Captain

so:

into

so:

making

so:

an

so:

escape

so:

from

so:

his

so:

captivity!

so:

But

so:

the

so:

Chambermaid,

so:

she

so:

said

so:

he

so:

would

so:

never

so:

do

so:

such a

so:

thing

so:

as

so:

that,

so:

for

so:

what of

so:

the

so:

stain

so:

upon

so:

his

so:

honour?”
“Just

so:

as

so:

you

so:

say,”

so:

Berta

so:

was

so:

only

so:

barely

so:

listening.
“And

so:

she

so:

said,

so:

too,

so:

that

so:

should

so:

the

so:

Captain

so:

forsake

so:

his

so:

oath

so:

and

so:

escape,

so:

why

so:

the

so:

good

so:

Baron

so:

would

so:

be

so:

most

so:

grieved.”

so:

The

so:

Laundress

so:

paused

so:

to

so:

study

so:

Berta’s

so:

face,

so:

to

so:

see

so:

what

so:

stance

so:

she

so:

might

so:

be

so:

about

so:

to

so:

take.
“Why,

so:

perhaps

so:

he

so:

would.”

so:

Berta

so:

said.
“I

so:

hear

so:

some

so:

say

so:

that there

so:

is

so:

great

so:

friendship

so:

between

so:

the

so:

two

so:

of

so:

them,”

so:

the

so:

Laundress

so:

sounded

so:

approving,

so:

in

so:

hopes

so:

that

so:

Berta

so:

might

so:

disapprove.
“Why,

so:

mayhaps

so:

there

so:

is.”

so:

Berta

so:

said.
“But

so:

then,

so:

they

so:

say

so:

it

so:

is

so:

among

so:

the

so:

gravest of

so:

sins,”

so:

the

so:

Laundress

so:

lowered

so:

her

so:

voice

so:

toward

so:

disapproval,

so:

in

so:

hopes

so:

Berta

so:

approved

so:

after

so:

all.
“Perhaps

so:

there

so:

is

so:

a

so:

cloak

so:

that

so:

might

so:

be

so:

spared?”

so:

Berta

so:

said.
“Aye,

so:

I

so:

shall

so:

find

so:

something,”

so:

the

so:

Laundress,

so:

defeated,

so:

could

so:

do

so:

nothing

so:

but

so:

sigh

so:

and begin

so:

rifling

so:

though

so:

piles

so:

of

so:

half-mended

so:

garments. “The

so:

Chambermaid

so:

had

so:

one

so:

more

so:

thing

so:

to

so:

tell,

so:

from

so:

the

so:

Watchmaster,

so:

by

so:

way

so:

of

so:

the

so:

Stableboy.

so:

They

so:

say

so:

the

so:

messenger’s

so:

name

so:

is

so:

Johan.”
“I

so:

suppose

so:

it

so:

may

so:

very

so:

well

so:

be,”

so:

Berta

so:

said.
And

so:

with

so:

that

so:

she

so:

won

so:

past

so:

the

so:

Laundress,

so:

and

so:

folded

so:

a

so:

stout

so:

winter

so:

cloak

so:

over

so:

her

so:

pack

so:

for

so:

the

so:

messenger,

so:

whose

so:

name

so:

rumor

so:

held

so:

to

so:

be

so:

Johan.

“Well,

so:

we

so:

have

so:

heard

so:

some

so:

news,”

so:

said

so:

the

so:

Huntmaster,

so:

a

so:

lanky

so:

and

so:

taciturn

so:

fox.
“And

so:

you

so:

cannot

so:

have

so:

heard

so:

of

so:

it,

so:

yet,

so:

I

so:

deem!”

so:

added

so:

the

so:

First

so:

Usher,

so:

a

so:

boar

so:

plump

so:

as

so:

he

so:

was

so:

short.
“Is

so:

the

so:

news,”

so:

Berta

so:

did

so:

not

so:

much

so:

expect

so:

a

so:

favorable

so:

answer

so:

to

so:

the

so:

question

so:

she

so:

asked, “of

so:

a

so:

good

so:

strong

so:

staff,

so:

that

so:

I

so:

might

so:

take

so:

to

so:

the

so:

messenger

so:

who

so:

must

so:

depart?”
“Ah

so:

then,

so:

you

so:

see?”

so:

Said

so:

the

so:

Usher

so:

to

so:

the

so:

Huntmaster, “she

so:

has

so:

heard

so:

of

so:

the

so:

man,

so:

at

so:

least.”
“She

so:

cannot

so:

have

so:

heard,”

so:

said

so:

the

so:

Huntmaster

so:

to

so:

the

so:

Usher, “of

so:

what

so:

errand

so:

he

so:

is

so:

come

so:

upon.”
“Fah!”

so:

said

so:

the

so:

Usher, “all

so:

your

so:

own

so:

imagining!”
“’Tis

so:

more

so:

likely

so:

than

so:

yours!”

so:

the

so:

Huntmaster

so:

declared, “Why

so:

then,

so:

let

so:

her

so:

judge

so:

which

so:

account

so:

of

so:

this

so:

lion’s

so:

purpose

so:

here

so:

be

so:

true!”
“I

so:

need

so:

only,”

so:

Berta

so:

went

so:

unheeded, “a

so:

staff,

so:

or

so:

a

so:

walking

so:

stick,

so:

or

so:

cane

so:

to

so:

bring

so:

him.”
“As

so:

even

so:

a

so:

fool

so:

ought

so:

be

so:

able

so:

to

so:

see,”

so:

the

so:

Huntmaster

so:

began, “this

so:

messenger

so:

comes from the

so:

Emperor,

so:

for

so:

who

so:

else

so:

would

so:

have

so:

a

so:

lion

so:

as

so:

his

so:

errand-runner

so:

than

so:

the

so:

Emperor?

so:

And

so:

all

so:

know, the Emperor has

so:

pledged

so:

to

so:

heal

so:

the

so:

schism

so:

of

so:

the Aperiostic

so:

faith,

so:

and

so:

being

so:

the

so:

Objectants

so:

to

so:

heel,

so:

and

so:

who

so:

is

so:

there

so:

more

so:

fit

so:

for

so:

that

so:

task

so:

than

so:

the

so:

Baron?

so:

So

so:

his

so:

lordship

so:

there

so:

is

so:

summon’d

so:

to Weanna,

so:

and

so:

no

so:

doubt

so:

with

so:

a

so:

pardon

so:

for

so:

his

so:

friend

so:

the

so:

Captain,

so:

aye,

so:

and

so:

a

so:

Rank

so:

and Title

so:

that

so:

will

so:

let

so:

him

so:

campaign

so:

beside

so:

him

so:

in

so:

the

so:

coming

so:

war,

so:

as the

so:

promised

so:

reward!”
“As

so:

if

so:

the

so:

court in Weanna,”

so:

the

so:

Usher

so:

said, “would

so:

tolerate

so:

so

so:

shameful

so:

an

so:

affair

so:

as

so:

that!

so:

Nay,

so:

tis

so:

all

so:

the

so:

more

so:

proof

so:

this

so:

messenger

so:

comes not from the

so:

Emperor,

so:

but

so:

from

so:

the

so:

Objectants!

so:

They

so:

mean

so:

to

so:

tempt

so:

him,

so:

to have

so:

him

so:

turn

so:

objectant

so:

himself,

so:

and

so:

in

so:

return

so:

the

so:

Objectant

so:

bishops—”
“I

so:

have

so:

heard,” the Huntmaster interrupted, “they

so:

do

so:

refuse

so:

to

so:

have

so:

bishops

so:

at

so:

all.”
“In

so:

return

so:

the

so:

Objectant

so:

bishops

so:

will

so:

declare

so:

for

so:

him

so:

heretical

so:

sacraments,”

so:

the

so:

Usher

so:

continued

so:

as

so:

if

so:

he

so:

had

so:

not

so:

heard, “by

so:

which

so:

their

so:

priests—”
“I

so:

have

so:

heard,” the Huntmaster interrupted, “they

so:

do

so:

not

so:

call

so:

them

so:

priests.”
“Their

so:

priests

so:

may

so:

marry

so:

sacrilegiously

so:

the

so:

Baron

so:

and

so:

Captain

so:

to

so:

one

so:

another!”

so:

The

so:

boar’s

so:

voice,

so:

by

so:

the

so:

end,

so:

had

so:

dropped

so:

to

so:

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