Death Had Turned Dougie's hair white and his flesh translucent. In the darkness he glowed with a faint silvery light as he stood smiling at Berwynna. "Remember me, lass," he said in the language of Alban, "but live your life, too. I loved you enough to wish you every happiness. Find a new man." "I don't want to," Berwynna said. "The only thing I want is for you to come back to me." "This is as far back as I can come, just up to this side of dying. Wynni, live your life!"
He vanished.
