Anna curtsied deeply and took Tyrith's arm without hesitation. Her smile was warm as the summer sun as she looked up at him. No, she had been foolish to expect to find the great lion changed. Caged a little, perhaps, but that would not change his nature.
"Not grave at all. I entreated my lord for permission to come- with certain changes here I thought perhaps it would be at long last possible that I could return home. My sons are grown and it is past time we made each other's acquaintance. I have heard Oswald is even a councilman now."