Wind And The Dead

The Broken Sword, XX.

When the sun sets:

"A wolf-toothed wind howled..." (p. 138)

When Skafloc and Freda depart by night to raise the dead:

"The wind skirled and bit at them. Sleet and spindrift blew off the waters in stinging sheets..." (p. 139)

"The night was gale and sleet..." (ibid.)

"...the wind skirls in icy branches..." (ibid.)

"The wind still drove sleet before it..." (ibid.)

When Skafloc prepares to raise the dead:

"Sleet blew in on the wind." (p. 141)

When he speaks the spell:

"The wind shrieked like a lynx..." (ibid.)

The wind ceases to be mentioned. One of the dead reveals that Skafloc and Freda are brother and sister. Their relationship ends but Skafloc's quest, and thus also the narrative, continues...