He made a resolution to attend the next Haven Meeting House service.
‘Is something wrong?’ Cassraw asked.
‘I’m sorry,’ Albor stammered. ‘You took me by surprise. It’s not usual for the church to get involved in such matters.’
Cassraw’s face darkened momentarily and Albor regretted his assumption of informality. But no outburst came. ‘He is involved in all things,’ Cassraw declaimed. ‘It is not for us, His servants, to decide what we wish to do. We must follow the words of the Santyth, must we not?’
Albor found himself nodding in reply to this unexpected and forceful catechizing.
‘It may not have been so in the past,’ Cassraw went on. ‘But many changes are coming, Keeper. Many changes. Be ready. Be with us.’
Before Albor could make anything of this last remark, Cassraw was suddenly br
