The Forest House (1993)
“Although folk referred to the whole enclosure as the Forest House, in truth it was an entire community whose clustered buildings were connected by covered walkways. Gardens and courtyards lay between them so that the whole was like a maze. Only the dwelling of the High Priestess was set apart from the others, just as only she was surrounded by the kind of absolute simplicity that is harder to maintain than the most rigid ritual.When the Arch-Druid Ardanos arrived, he was ushered into her presence at once by her attendant priestess, a tall dark-haired woman called Caillean. She was clothed much like the High Priestess in a robe of dark blue linen, but Lhiannon’s arm rings and the torque at her throat were of pure gold, while those of her attendant were of silver."You may go, child,” Lhiannon told Caillean.Ardanos waited until the striped door-curtain had closed behind her, then smiled. "She is no longer a child, Lhiannon. Many winters have passed since you came here with her to the For...est House.”"True, I lose track of the years,”MoreLess
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