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A MERLIN
VOCABULARY
GUIDE
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GARLATHA
Emrys and Shim set out to reach the notch and travel the blighted
land to reach the Shrouded Castle. On their way, they spot a patch
of green and decide to investigate. The orchard and garden are
tended by T'eilean and his wife, Garlatha. Married for 68 years,
they keep the garden alive with love and by searching for and retrieving
water and seeds. Emrys describes the couple: "...a pair of shapes,
as gray as the stones in the wall, emerged from the hut. Taking
wobbly steps, the pair slowly advanced toward the nearest bed of plants.
They moved with a odd, disjointed rhythm, one back straightening as the
other curved, one head lifting as the other drooped. As different as
their motions were, however, they seemed unalterably connected. As
they came nearer, I could tell that these two people were old. Very
old. White hair, streaked with gray, fell about both of their
shoulders, while their sleeveless brown robes hung worn and faded.
Had their backs not been so bent, they would have stood quite tall.
Only their arms, muscular and brown, seemed younger than their years."
(p.244-245)
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