In the yearning for home that came upon her anew in the midst of all the strangeness through which Tarvin was taking her, the thought of her mother, patient, alone, looking for some word from her, hurt her as if for the first time.
Ebben az idegen világban, amelyben Tarwin kalauzolta, mindjobban erőt vett rajta a honvágy és fájdalmasan emlékezett vissza anyjára, aki most elhagyatva türelmesen vár hírt leányáról.