”But there was no soon, and no later for them, either. “Ye also said ye’d heard he was fond of strong drink and berry-girls. “Something ye didn’t try already up yonder? Aye, what ye will. Coral had wanted to come as well, but Jonas had different ideas.
“But this we do know: John Farson is said to have a talisman, something that glows in his tent late at night . “Yes,” Roland said. Tasting it. The boy was foolish, but his heart was good, he never took a drink, and he always did his work.