i heard from people who came from the crusade that you were on your way home. i've been waiting for you here. all the others have fled from the plague.
don't you recognize me any more?
you also have changed.
now i can see that it's you. somewhere in your eyes, somewhere in your face, but hidden and frightened, is that boy who went away so many years ago.
i see that you're tired.
ask them in. they will break the fast with us.
"and when the lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about the space of half an hour. and i saw the seven angels which stood before god; and to them were given seven trumpets. and another "
"the first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth; and the third part of the trees was burnt up and all the green grass was burnt up."
"and the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea; and a third part of the sea became blood "
"and the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters; and the name of the star is called wormwood "
i am karin, the knight's wife, and welcome you courteously to my house.
quiet, quiet.