Awakening
“It had been his wish that he be conveyed by boat to the place of burning. Because of the enormous love felt for him, and the anger and grief at the nature of his passing, everyone wanted to see his coffin pass by.
Lord Festoon decided that his cortege should be taken westward by canal and road, before being laid upon a craft moored on the River Rea in Northfield where Brief was born, for its final journey through the city. The route was packed with mourners who threw lilies on his passing coffi...n, which brightened the sad scene and cloudy day.
Bedwyn Stort and his party had arrived back from Woolstone only two days before. Stort’s shock was deep and his dreadful guilt very real, for he felt sure that Brief would still be alive if he had not hidden the gem where he had. His friends tried to reassure him that it was not his fault, but Stort was not consoled.
He journeyed wanly by the coffin all the way to its embarkation point and then sat sadly beside it, ignoring everyone and everything.MoreLess
Lord Festoon decided that his cortege should be taken westward by canal and road, before being laid upon a craft moored on the River Rea in Northfield where Brief was born, for its final journey through the city. The route was packed with mourners who threw lilies on his passing coffi...n, which brightened the sad scene and cloudy day.
Bedwyn Stort and his party had arrived back from Woolstone only two days before. Stort’s shock was deep and his dreadful guilt very real, for he felt sure that Brief would still be alive if he had not hidden the gem where he had. His friends tried to reassure him that it was not his fault, but Stort was not consoled.
He journeyed wanly by the coffin all the way to its embarkation point and then sat sadly beside it, ignoring everyone and everything.MoreLess
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