Paul sees the very color
“Mina.”
Paul might call her by his affectionate nickname for her, but Cat knew that tone of voice, and she stopped.
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The bridegroom comes in
“No elven ears do I have,” Cat said slyly, “but if mine do not deceive me, I believe the bridegroom is coming!”
Araphel rues the old lesson
Araphel had to lean against the door merely to open it: some disobliging weight had to be slid away across the floor.
Caedwulf takes his leave
Ogive sniffed loudly and pointed her nose precisely in the direction of the middlemost paragraph of her book. She would not give Caedwulf the pleasure of thinking she could be excited merely by an unexpected visit.
Aelfden enters an evil hour
Overhead the sky was still as dark as iron. Aelfden had spent enough sleepless nights to know that another good hour would pass before the dawn.
Flann sees the secret
Flann took a short, sharp breath—and another, and another—until through short, sharp breaths she had filled her lungs and could not breathe.
Osh makes an uncertain offer
“Don’t be putting your prayer book away just yet, now, Father,” Flann growled.
Liadan sees something unseen
Manhood had stolen upon Osh as winter came upon the trees. Leaf by leaf his elfhood had been dropping away.
Aelfden falters for lack of fire
Not a fortnight had passed since the Abbot had last seen Flann in strikingly similar circumstances. The gentleman was not the same, and Aelfden had been awoken from his sleep this time, but if he was not mistaken it was even the same hour.
Osh wakes
Osh’s eyes and mouth were dry and sticky with sleep, and his head was dizzy, as if he had whirled and whirled himself around as little boys liked to do. It seemed the Duke had again talked him into drinking too much of that wretched wine-drink.
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