For one moment she, who feared nothing, was shaken by fear from head to foot, her face turned white, her knees shook, her sight failed her, her teeth chattered, her lips moved hysterically.
But she was strong still.

The thing she had sought had come to her suddenly.

She set her teeth, and thought of it again and again, till she could face the horror of it without quaking.

Is there any limit to the hardening of the human heart?
The distant bells rang out the call to midnight prayer.

Unorna stopped and listened.