Chapter 11
Uath The Stranger'The people of Difelyn made us very welcome.' Uther took a few laboured breaths and licked his lips before continuing. 'I had feared that once they knew we were in their lands to take the stones, to take away what must surely have been a holy place to them, to remove it… that they would become hostile. But at that time, of course, we had not even seen the stones, nor considered what a task it might be, so they were welcoming.' Uther leant forward and sucked the infusion noisily from the proffered bowl. It felt good as it slipped down his throat. It was sweet with honey and had a flowery taste edged with a strange mustiness that was not unpleasant, after another breath he continued.
'The people of Difelyn were not angry that we had arrived, they were intrigued
