Chapter 11
The ReconciliationBy the time the dawn came it was raining, and Donal set off on his journey with the grey clouds so closely pressing at his back that he soon developed a sinking heart and an oppressive feeling of fear and gloom. When he reached the place where an ill-worn track led off to the right and he knew that it must be the one Mairi’s mother had told him about, he paused, and then moved on, deciding to abandon his search for the girl. But he had not gone far before he reined in again and turned back. He owed it to his family to do everything he could to rescue Fiona.
At first there was nothing to see but clouds of rain driving over bleak moors, the sea and the islands lost somewhere in the mist. And then, suddenly, grey giants loomed out of the grey air and a chill tha
