A Certain Slant of Light by Cynthia Thayer

Author:Cynthia Thayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published: 2011-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing,

Onward, the sailors cry

Carry the lad that’s born to be king

Over the sea to Skye.

Her voice follows his chanter notes, and she knows all the verses. He goes into another repeat and her voice breaks into a high harmony.

Loud the waves howl, loud the waves roar

Thunder claps rend the air

Baffled our foes, stand on the shore

Follow they will not dare.

Tho the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep

Oceans a royal bed …

Then he sees the corner of the towel. Folded up under itself. He sees Leslie holding her coffee. He never would have left it that way. His fingers suspend themselves over the holes as the blowpipe slips from his mouth. She sings a few more bars alone before she realizes he is no longer playing.

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