The Harsh Cry of the Heron
“Ishida stayed with her. They all moved from the castle into Lord Shigeru’s old house by the river: the house faced south, catching all the winter sunshine, and was easier to keep warm during the long cold days. Chiyo still lived there, bent double, old beyond reckoning but still able to brew her healing teas and to tell stories about the past, and what she had forgotten Haruka filled in, as merry and bold as ever. Kaede retired from public life to a certain extent.
Takeo and Shigeko had left fo...r Yamagata; Maya had been sent with the Muto girl, Sada, to Maruyama, to Taku, Miki to the Tribe village of Kagemura. It gave Kaede pleasure to think of all three girls occupied in such serious training, and she prayed often for them, that they would learn to develop and control their different talents, and that the gods would protect them from accident, illness or attack. It was easier, she thought with sorrow, to love her twin daughters from a distance, when their unnatural birth and strange talents could be overlooked.MoreLess
Takeo and Shigeko had left fo...r Yamagata; Maya had been sent with the Muto girl, Sada, to Maruyama, to Taku, Miki to the Tribe village of Kagemura. It gave Kaede pleasure to think of all three girls occupied in such serious training, and she prayed often for them, that they would learn to develop and control their different talents, and that the gods would protect them from accident, illness or attack. It was easier, she thought with sorrow, to love her twin daughters from a distance, when their unnatural birth and strange talents could be overlooked.MoreLess
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