Votan And Other Novels (Fantasy Masterworks)
“Before the solstice, the rains stopped, and the wind came round slowly through north to north-east. This wind blew cold, and there were one or two clear nights, and in the mornings the frost was thick on the grass, and there was a thin film of ice on the little pools. And yet, the time of year being what it was, it was mild, compared with the winters we had up on the Amber Road. Then, on the solstice, the sky covered over with low grey clouds, and the wind dropped, and all was very still and qu...iet, and I wondered how Rhiannon could still live there in her house, open towards the east, above the Dark Pool.
Towards evening, the snow started to fall. It fell steadily, in great light flakes, like the feathers of the wild geese. It covered everything, and made the grey light of the morning look dimmer still. In Britain, you get used to living in a perpetual twilight: but the white snow makes it less bearable. It fell all through a night and a day and the night after, till it was, as Caw said, the depth of a chariot wheel, or as I saw, up to the top of a man’s thigh, if he cared to step into it.MoreLess
Towards evening, the snow started to fall. It fell steadily, in great light flakes, like the feathers of the wild geese. It covered everything, and made the grey light of the morning look dimmer still. In Britain, you get used to living in a perpetual twilight: but the white snow makes it less bearable. It fell all through a night and a day and the night after, till it was, as Caw said, the depth of a chariot wheel, or as I saw, up to the top of a man’s thigh, if he cared to step into it.MoreLess
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