"I notice the stars are out." It had the feeling of a colloquial benediction, and Finlay carried it with him all the way.
It was nevertheless nearly ten when he reached her father's house, so late that the family had dispersed for the night.

Yet he had the hardihood to ring, and the hour blessed them both, for Advena on the stair, catching who knows what of presage out of the sound, turned, and found him at the threshold herself..