Bethberry reached quickly for Mellon's hand and said soothingly, "Come, my Lord, and rest. " Hearing the pitcher crash, others came to sweep up its shards; Felly looked down at them, and then at the blacksmith as he turned and continued up the stairs.
She shook her head. He was darkhaired and young; he had the rough hands of a blacksmith. But he had changed.
She walked around the shattered pitcher, and followed them up the steps.
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...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.
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