seanchan. Fedelm, I did not know that you were here.
fedelm. And can you not remember that I promised
That I would come and take you home with me
When I’d the harvest in?. And now I’ve come,
And you must come away, and come on the instant.
seanchan. Yes, I will come. But is the harvest in?
This air has got a summer taste in it.
fedelm. But is not the wild middle of the summer
A better time to marry? Come with me now!
fedelm [Seizing her by both wrists]. Who taught you that? For it’s a certainty,
Although I never knew it till last night,
That marriage, because it is the height of life,
Can only be accomplished to the full
In the high days of the year. I lay awake:
There had come a frenzy into the light of the stars,
And they were coming nearer, and I knew
All in a minute they were about to marry
Clods out upon the ploughlands, to beget
A mightier race than any that has been.
But some that are within there made a noise,
And frighted them away.
