Chapter 4, Dolphin, Pages 157 - 180 Summary

The story continues in Chapter Four, Dolphin, as High King Lebannen makes his preparations to sail to Roke with his trusted troupe. He elects to take with him the people directly involved (Orm Irian, Tehanu and Alder) as well as his councillors Lord Onyx the wizard, Seppel the Pelnish wizard, Segoe and Tenar to act as a companion to Tehanu.

When Tenar realises that King Lebannen refuses to take the Jigh Priestess Seserakh with him she is angry, confronting the young king that the matters that they are about to discuss will directly affect not only the people of the Archipelago, but also the people of the Kargad lands. At first King Lebannen refuses again, asking what the point would be to take the priestess if she cannot even understand the language that they are talking in...