Just then Harry came to a hillock, clear of trees, with the ground dipping down beyond.

He rode to the highest point of the hillock and looked toward the east into a vast open world, lighted by the moon and stars.

Off there just under the horizon he caught a gleam of white and he knew instinctively what it was.

It was the dome of the Capitol in that city which was now the capital of the North alone.

It was miles away, but he saw it and his heart thrilled.