The remainder of this chapter recounts formative experiences for five-year-old Dahut who:
sees her father unlock the sea gate;
sees dead bodies in brine awaiting sea burial;
has nightmares;
goes alone out of the city;
hears wind boom;
sees "...a hawk on high..." (6, p. 263);
converses with a seal.
Chapter XII begins in the saga style that Poul Anderson uses elsewhere:
"There was a man called Flavius Stilicho." (1, p. 267)
I have no memory of this character so will reread with interest.
2 comments:
Of course, FS was of Vandal origin, so a Germanic poetic form is appropriate... 8-).
Kaor, Paul and Mr. Stirling!
Anderson and I talked about Flavius Stilicho in some of our letters. He was quite frustrating in more ways than one, which I hope to explain why when Paul comes to where he directly enters the story.
Ad astra! Sean
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