She came upon her friend trimming back the dead wood of the berry bushes they had enjoyed so much in the summer. She had worked hard since she had returned, and the concentration on the needs of her plants had helped her to forget her own longings and uncertainties.
She was overjoyed to see Kyra and fairly flung herself at her, but her pleasure was soon snuffed out when she heard that Karne had not been seen since he had left her.
She recalled the whole scene for Kyra and they agreed that from the direction in which he had been seen striding off he had probably gone to the hills where Maal used to go to think.
There was a line of anxiety between Kyra’s eyes. It had been a cold night with frost upon the ground and Karne had not been dressed particularly warmly.
Fern thought of this too
