Wind And Rain

The Corridors Of Time, CHAPTERs TEN-ELEVEN.

In Viborg, Lockridge finds the sound of church bells and the sight of the cathedral lovely but:

"The wind shifted and filled his nose with graveyard stench." (p. 90)

In other words, the wind comments and reminds him that he is in danger of death.

Lockridge's ally, Fledelius, points his crossbow at the knight who has arrested Lockridge and Auri and suggests that they settle their dispute peacefully:

"A silence closed in that made Lockridge's breath more loud in his ears than the wind and thickening rain outside." (p. 93)

The wind often emphasizes significant pauses in the dialogue.

"Rain roared on the hut." (p. 94) (See also Rain, Wind And Saxon Galleys.)

They have escaped and are with friends although the elements continue to remind them that they are surrounded by hostility.

Wind and rain forever, it seems.