Chapter 8
Two days after leaving the village, Hawklan was well into the mountains. As Loman had teased, it was further than he had ever been before, but he felt he was being urged forward rather than being drawn back, which was the feeling he had had in the past whenever he travelled any distance from the Castle.
He was on the line of the River Road, which passed through the village and went straight into the mountains. It had ceased to be a road as such, many miles back, and was now only a rough track, though still well formed and quite easy walking.
Coming to the top of a long steep incline, he paused for a moment, and took off his pack. Looking for a suitable place to sit, he turned round and saw spread before him the rolling farmlands and forests of Orthlund. It was an impressive an
