Manadhlaer Grieving

Manadhlaer, bundled in a robe but insisting that she keep Themodir's gift -- the diamond brooch -- pinned to it, weeps alone in her rooms. Her silver betrothal ring is seen on her left hand, while the gold wedding band is newly placed on her right. Once the words were pronounced and each lover's champion consented to the marriage, and his bride put the gold ring on his finger, Themodir told Manadhlaer he had always loved her and then died on the stone pathway. His commander, performing one last favor for his soldier, helped Manadhlaer slide her finger through the ring Themodir had been holding. Here she is seen having rudely chopped her long, elaborate braid from her head with a knife. Later Fingwen the barber came to Manadhlaer's rooms and trimmed the ragged mess seen here into something presentable, for there is a funeral yet to come.