The Golden Key (2011)
The Golden Key
“Lissina lingered just long enough for Zevierin to complete her Will—still a secret from everyone but him and Leilias and Cabral and Mechella—then took her leave with much cautionary advice to her kinswoman about protecting Mechella’s health in this time of her grief.
“They mourn differently in Ghillas,” Lissina said on the front steps, drawing on her gloves as the carriage rolled toward her. “King Enrei will have a state funeral and all his Court will be in mourning for a full half-year. Mechel...la will grieve long after that, of course, but it’s worst for her right now. And we allow only a few days of private sorrow here in Tira Virte, so people will say she’s overindulgent if she shuts herself away at Corasson, but I suppose that can’t be helped.”
Leilias nodded politely, wondering what Lissina could know about grief. In her soft brown eyes was compassion for Mechella’s pain, but at well past seventy, her face had fewer lines than Lord Limner Mequel’s. Hers was not a face meant for suffering; recalling the outlines of her life, Leilias decided that suffering had recognized this and passed her by.MoreLess
“They mourn differently in Ghillas,” Lissina said on the front steps, drawing on her gloves as the carriage rolled toward her. “King Enrei will have a state funeral and all his Court will be in mourning for a full half-year. Mechel...la will grieve long after that, of course, but it’s worst for her right now. And we allow only a few days of private sorrow here in Tira Virte, so people will say she’s overindulgent if she shuts herself away at Corasson, but I suppose that can’t be helped.”
Leilias nodded politely, wondering what Lissina could know about grief. In her soft brown eyes was compassion for Mechella’s pain, but at well past seventy, her face had fewer lines than Lord Limner Mequel’s. Hers was not a face meant for suffering; recalling the outlines of her life, Leilias decided that suffering had recognized this and passed her by.MoreLess
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