Behind them the clatter of retreating hoofs marked the return of the Uhlans. From somewhere in the darkness a farm cart rumbled up and cavalrymen lifted in their luggage.
Now, under the clustered planets the cart and the troopers moved off over a wide, smooth road across the plain.
And last of all came Karen with Guild on foot beside her.
"And last of all came Karen with Guild on foot beside her"
Her horse stepped slowly, cautiously; her slim hand lay on her lover's shoulder, his arm was around her, and his cheek rested against her knees.
All the world was before them now, with all that it can ever hold for the sons of men—the eternal trinity, inexorable, unchangeable—Death, and Life, and Love.