"She had always suffered from a vague restlessness, a longing for adventure that she told herself severely was the result of reading too many novels when she was a small child. As she grew up, and particularly after her mother died, she had learned to ignore that restlessness. She had nearly forgotten about it, till now."
Chap. 1, p. 8

"There seemed a roaring in the air that beat on her eardrums and pressed against her eyeballs till she blinked. Then he looked up abruptly, as if from some unfathomable depth of thought, and saw her; their eyes met. The man's eyes were yellow as gold, the hot liquid in a smelter's furnace."
Chap. 2, p. 32

"'The Outlander girl,' Faran said slowly, with the air of an honest man who will be just at any cost. 'I did not know the Outlanders taught their children such pride. She has done...