unhappy if he thought Elspeth was too overcome by grief
to wave to him. Her arms rocked passionately;
no, no, she would not lift them to wave to him, he
could be as unhappy as he chose. Then in a spirit
of self-abnegation that surely raised her high among
the daughters of men, though she was but a painted
lady’s child, she waved to him to save him pain,
and he, still erect in the cart, waved back until
nothing could be seen by either of them save wood and
fields and a long, deserted road.

