We have another instance of voice recognition here; Ewen thinking it's Lochiel who wakes him at first, then realising it's Archie. I don't even know if voice timbres run in families but it seems to be a thing in Broster-world.
At Angus' vision of a boy with Ewen's name at Loch na h'Iolaire I too got a sudden vision - of David Cameron as one of Ewen's descendants! Argh... And I'm reminded of the anecdote DC once told of meeting the current Lochiel, and being greeted by him thusly: 'Hello, I'm your clan-chief,' which is a nice a put-down as can be imagined.
Continuing the theme of Angus' visions – here’s something that puzzles me. ‘I shall not see you, treasure of my heart… but these eyes will see my own son come back to me, and he too grieving.’ Fb qbrf Ynpuyna yvir nsgre Zbene, naq erghea gb Nathf?
I’m as baffled as everyone else by the threads that are twisted at the first meeting (honour? h/c? fighting?)
But I looked up the meaning of the ivy leaves that Ewen hears as he’s drowsily thinking about Keith. In the language of flowers, ivy means marriage or fidelity (and according to this website, immortality, as it’s evergreen. https://interestingliterature.com/2021/05/ivy-symbolism-in-literature-religion-mythology-analysis-meaning/ ) Presumably there’s a reason why DKB chose ivy rather than pine or whin or whatever, just as she chose Keith’s fheanzr\urenyqvp flzobyf bs uvf evat very specifically.
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At Angus' vision of a boy with Ewen's name at Loch na h'Iolaire I too got a sudden vision - of David Cameron as one of Ewen's descendants! Argh... And I'm reminded of the anecdote DC once told of meeting the current Lochiel, and being greeted by him thusly: 'Hello, I'm your clan-chief,' which is a nice a put-down as can be imagined.
Continuing the theme of Angus' visions – here’s something that puzzles me. ‘I shall not see you, treasure of my heart… but these eyes will see my own son come back to me, and he too grieving.’ Fb qbrf Ynpuyna yvir nsgre Zbene, naq erghea gb Nathf?
I’m as baffled as everyone else by the threads that are twisted at the first meeting (honour? h/c? fighting?)
But I looked up the meaning of the ivy leaves that Ewen hears as he’s drowsily thinking about Keith. In the language of flowers, ivy means marriage or fidelity (and according to this website, immortality, as it’s evergreen. https://interestingliterature.com/2021/05/ivy-symbolism-in-literature-religion-mythology-analysis-meaning/ ) Presumably there’s a reason why DKB chose ivy rather than pine or whin or whatever, just as she chose Keith’s fheanzr\urenyqvp flzobyf bs uvf evat very specifically.