when you no longer wish to pursue this... when you no longer wish to pursue this life?"
"When I die?" He said it gently, but something heavy and hurtful took shape, pressing upon her heartShe looped her hand through the crook of his arm, holding tight, and moved nearer to him, to lean her head on his shoulder
They were silent, watching the cliffs go by and the play of moonlight on the seaThe ship was never quiet, but she liked the noises it madeShe had fallen asleep the past few nights hearing the Sea Maid's endless litany of sounds as a night song
She said, her head still on his shoulder, "Could I be taught? To help you in your business, I meanEven if not to actually sail on the journeys
Her father said nothing for a timeLeaning against him, she could feel his steady breathingHis hands were loosely
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He said, "That can be done, AlaisIf you want it, it can be doneWomen run businesses all over the PalmWidows, most often, but not only them"Your mother could keep this going, I think, if she wanted to, if she had good advisors He turned his head to look down at her, but she did not lift hers from his shoulder"It is a sharp, cold life though, my darlingFor a woman, for a man, without a hearth at the end of day for warmthWithout love to carry you outward and home
She closed her eyes at thatThere was something here that went to the heart of thingsThey had never pressed her, never harried or urged, though she was almost twenty years old and it was time, it was well past timeAnd she had had that one strange dream many nights through the dark of the
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She lifted her head, withdrew her armSaid carefully, looking down at the waves: "I like CatiniI'm happy for SelvenaShe's ready, she's wanted this for so long and I think he'll be good to herBut father, I need more than what she will haveI don't know what it is, but I need more
Her father stirred thenShe watched him draw a deep breath and then slowly let it out"I know," she heard him say"I know you do, my darlingIf I knew what, or how, and could give it, it would be yoursThe world and the stars of Eanna would all be yours
She cried then, which she seldom didBut she loved
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Catriana couldn't see the road as she climbed the slope from the dell, but from the distant sounds and the way Baerd and Sandre were both standing, rigidly watchful on the grass at the edge of the trees, she could tell that something was wrongMen, she had long since concluded, were significantly worse than women at hiding their feelings in situations such as this
Her hair still wet after bathing in the pond, a favorite place of hers, one they had passed every time they went back and forth between Ferraut and Certando, she hurried up the slope to see what was
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The two men said nothing as she appeared beside themThe cart had been pulled into the shade off the north-south road and the two horses let free to grazeBaerd's bow and quiver were lying in the grass beside the trees, close to hand if he needed themShe looked at the road and saw the Barbadian troops passing by, marching and riding, raising a heavy cloud of dust all around them
"More of the Third Company," Sandre said, a cold anger in his voice
"It looks like they're all going, doesn't it?" Baerd murmured grimly
Which was good, it was more than good, it was exactly what they wantedThe anger, the grimness were almost wholly uncalled for; they seemed to be some instinctive male response to the nearness of the enemyCatriana felt like shaking them both
It was clear,
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