Pattern (2013)
“‘At least, that’s not strictly true. But I can’t remember ever having been to one. What happens?’ Eyvind laughed. ‘Oh, nothing much. Everyone troops into the hall, the head of the house says a few words, that’s basically it. No big deal.’ Poldarn wasn’t sure he believed him. The subdued frenzy of activity that had been going on behind his back for the last couple of days suggested otherwise. Of course, he hadn’t the faintest idea what they’d been getting up to, because as soon as he turned up, ...everybody stopped what they were doing and stared at him in oppressive silence until he went away again; but it seemed to involve yards and yards of cloth, dozens of baskets of flora and vegetable matter, and pretty well every member of the two households except him. Even Asburn had been bashing away in the forge at all hours of the day and night, and had refused to let him in in case he saw something he shouldn’t. Meanwhile, precious little work was being done around the farm, except by the prospective bridegroom (who, being at a loose end, had been pressed into deputising for all the busy people; he’d mended fences, laid hedges, weeded, spit and harrowed, mucked out cattle sheds and stables, fetched, carried, cooked, swept and polished, until he no longer needed to be told what to do.MoreLess
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