Chapter 21
The FatherOwein was not so pleased as his wife that Megan seemed to have lost interest in the rebel cause.
“What is the matter with you?” he demanded. “This is the third meeting you have missed. Don’t you care that in only a few short weeks now we’ll have that monstrosity in our town?”
“Leave the girl alone!” Olwen said. “Can’t you see she isn’t well?”
The old man looked at his granddaughter closely. He had not noticed before but he could see now that her cheeks were pale and her eyes sunk in shadows.
“What ails you?” he asked in alarm. He realized he had been relying on Megan’s fiery enthusiasm and reckless courage to lead the rebels into action. Brendan was good at planning and fighting, but he lacked that spark, that charisma that a leader needed in time of danger and tr
