The Lantern Bearers (Book Iii)
“He did not quite believe, even while he asked, that Ambrosius had been right. But when he had finished asking, he found that Ambrosius had been perfectly right. There was no escape.
When he and Cradoc had done talking together, and everything was settled, he did not at once go to join the rest of the Companions. He should have gone, he knew; they were already gathering, the horses being walked up and down, but he had to be alone for a little. He turned aside into the orchard and walked to and fro under the trees, with his sword gathered into his arms. The gold was gone from the orchard, even the apples had lost their warmth of colour, and the branches swayed in the small, chill wind that turned up the leaves silverly against the drifting, sheep’s-wool sky. He turned at last to go back to the others—and found Ness standing at a little distance, watching him.
He went towards her slowly, and they stood and looked at each other. ‘What is it that you do here, Ness?’ he asked at last, in a ...tone as grey as the morning.MoreLess
When he and Cradoc had done talking together, and everything was settled, he did not at once go to join the rest of the Companions. He should have gone, he knew; they were already gathering, the horses being walked up and down, but he had to be alone for a little. He turned aside into the orchard and walked to and fro under the trees, with his sword gathered into his arms. The gold was gone from the orchard, even the apples had lost their warmth of colour, and the branches swayed in the small, chill wind that turned up the leaves silverly against the drifting, sheep’s-wool sky. He turned at last to go back to the others—and found Ness standing at a little distance, watching him.
He went towards her slowly, and they stood and looked at each other. ‘What is it that you do here, Ness?’ he asked at last, in a ...tone as grey as the morning.MoreLess
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