Warrior ScarletIn Bronze Age Britain, Drem must overcome the disability of a crippled arm in order to pass his tribe's test of manhood and become a warrior. |
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Page 142
... bothie the hearth was black and cold , just as his own heart felt black and cold within him , and with the same empty desolation . But the hearth only waited , like every hearth throughout the Clan and the Half People , to spring to ...
... bothie the hearth was black and cold , just as his own heart felt black and cold within him , and with the same empty desolation . But the hearth only waited , like every hearth throughout the Clan and the Half People , to spring to ...
Page 151
... bothie be- side the pond . Drem lingered a little behind his sheep , half waiting for the other boy to draw near . Erp had been down to the village that day , for fresh barley meal ; and it was seldom that he came up from the abodes of ...
... bothie be- side the pond . Drem lingered a little behind his sheep , half waiting for the other boy to draw near . Erp had been down to the village that day , for fresh barley meal ; and it was seldom that he came up from the abodes of ...
Page 168
... bothie . ' Why did you let him go alone ? ' Behind him Hunno growled something only half spoken about an old man being of less worth to the village than a young one , and Erp gave him a swift upward look under his dark . brows . ' Not ...
... bothie . ' Why did you let him go alone ? ' Behind him Hunno growled something only half spoken about an old man being of less worth to the village than a young one , and Erp gave him a swift upward look under his dark . brows . ' Not ...
Contents
Scarlet on the Loom | 1 |
Talore the Hunter | 16 |
First Kill | 30 |
Copyright | |
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alder bannock barley Beltane beside the fire Blai bothie Boys Bragon breast bronze bronze-smith brother caught Chieftain Clan cloak crouched curlew Doli doorway Drem knew Drem looked Drem thought Drustic Dumnorix eyes face fierce fight firelight flame flung fold forest golden Grandfather grey dagger hair half hand head heart heels herd dogs High Chalk Hill of Gathering hound House house-place Hunno hunting kill kind King knee Kylan lamb laughing light little dark Luga Maelgan Men's side Midir Morvidd never night ponies puppy Rosemary Sutcliff round Samhain seemed shadows sheep sheep shearing shepherd shield shining shoulder silence silver blaze smell snow spear squatted stood suddenly sunset swan swift tally sticks Talore the Hunter Talore's thing throat throw-spear thrust trail trees Tribe turf turned village voice Vortrix waiting Warrior Scarlet Wenna whitethorn Whitethroat wild wind Wolf Slaying