Jacq lifted his head and studied his wife’s face apprehensively, seeing for the first time the new maturity that had been growing inside her over the last few months. She had changed profoundly and he had been too wrapped up in himself and the War to notice. He could not help feeling somehow a part of her had been lost to him forever.
Yannick quietly gave voice to an expletive and turned away, shaking his head in disgust.
The ferry reached the jetty, and after disembarking, Jacq, Yannick and Katkin rode as fast as they dared for the Infirmarie. The great gates stood open, and once inside they followed Katkin’s lead up the mountain path to the cleft in the side of Mount Hythea. After passing through the cemetery like a rush of wind, the three riders halted temporarily in front of the high
