Quotes from Susan Rowland

Mary was under water. She'd been under water for a long time. Rhiannon was there. No, it was just her severed head talking. The murdered girl's hair billowed out from under the torc.

Anna did say the wife of Lir had left her?" whispered Mary. "Yes," said Caroline. "She said, 'for now.

Janet showed her teeth. "Time to get real, Sarah. No more human sacrifices, got it?

So, Mr. Jeffreys," she inquired of the human bluebottle, "you went to the gym?

Don't we know any. . .er. . .cheap lawyers?

Trust the body of your enemy. The body does not lie. Most people," she'd looked directly at Mary, "most people do not know how to make the body lie.

What about that old coot?" Janet looked suspicious. Mr. Jeffreys was from the world of officialdom she despised.

No sleeping in the places of death.

Take it away," she pointed at the green milk in a normal tone. "Anna and wife of Lir. Both must stay.

Wife of Lir eat horse.

There was no city, no London, just beacon fires on all three sacred mounds.

This must be what dying is like. She tried wiggling a bony finger to attract Rhiannon. She wanted to ask her: is this what it was like?

B]ehind the mother fighting for her son's life was the priestess of the forest and the cup.

I EAT THE DARK

She was oozing backwards into the tree. Her bones were going to mate with the grain of the wood. I am becoming part of the forest.

The Torc— and the crone— go to the underworld via the sacred well and the river.