CHAPTER 36 George heard the noise of a gathering inside before he came to the door of his house with Ceridwen. He glared at her. She shrugged, “Angharad wanted you out of the way for a while, and we had things to discuss.” He rolled his eyes, then opened the door and waved Ceridwen in. “Good, I was beginning to worry.” Angharad greeted him, with the dogs, and Alun took their outer garments. She looked at his face with a bit of apprehension. George made himself join in with the spirit of the occasion. “Ceridwen gave me something and then followed it up with a pretty good talking to which I think maybe I needed. I’ll tell you all about it, later.” Angharad gave Ceridwen an unreadable look, then brought him over to the tree, still standing handsome but rather bare in the hall. “I invite