And the Sun-beam
remembered the word which she spoke to Face-of-god when first he came
to Shadowy Vale, that she would be wishful to see again the dwelling
wherein she had passed through so much joy and sorrow of her younger
days. But if anyone were fain of this meeting, the Alderman was glad
above all, when he took the Bride once more in his arms, and caressed
her whom he had deemed should be a very daughter of his House.
Now telleth the tale of all these kindreds, to wit, the Men of
Burgdale and the Sheepcotes; and the Children of the Wolf, and the
Woodlanders, and the Men of Rose-dale, that they were friends
henceforth, and became as one Folk, for better or worse, in peace and
in war, in waning and waxing; and that whatsoever befell them, they
ever held Shadowy Vale a holy place, and for long and long after they
met there in mid-autumn, and held converse and counsel together.
NO MORE AS NOW TELLETH THE TALE OF THESE KINDREDS AND FOLKS, BUT
MAKETH AN ENDING.
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