Summary

Ged wakes up a grand room. He is dressed in a silk tunic, like a lord. He begins to feel the ache throughout his body and sees his burned hand has been dressed with bandages. He calls to the otak but nothing happens. Then, the door opens and a beautiful woman comes in. She calls him Sparrowhawk and asks him if he remembers her. But Ged doesn’t remember her. The lady tells Ged he is in the Court of Terrenon. She tells Ged that he can rest in the court and regain his strength and power.

The lady, who is called Serret, leads Ged from his room, through the tower, and eventually to her husband, the Lord Bendersek, who tells Ged he can stay as long as he would like. As Serret speaks, Ged notices she not only speaks Osskillian but Hardic with...