“Tell me, Katreen, are you glad to see me back again?”
“I am glad that you are home once more safe and sound.”
“And will you make it my home for me by coming to live with me, as I’ve asked you again and again.”
“No, as I’ve told you again and again.”
He gloomed at her angrily for a few moments before he resumed.
“I will be asking you this one thing, Katreen, daughter of my father’s brother: do you love that man Achanna who lives at Ranza-beag?”
“You may ask the wind why it is from the east or the west, but it won’t tell you. You’re not the wind’s master.”
“If you think I will let this man take you away from me, you are thinking a foolish thing.”
“And you saying a foolisher.”
“Ay?”