"Very rarely someone comes to Wall knowing what they are looking for, and these people they will sometimes allow throu…"

"The guard is relaxed once every nine years, on May Day, when a fair comes to the meadow."

"By the time Victoria was seventeen, and Tristan also, she was in all probability, he was certain, the most beautiful …"

"Every boy in the village was in love with Victoria Forester. And many a sedate gentleman, quietly married with grey i…"

"Few of us now have seen the stars as folk saw them then — our cities and towns cast too much light into the night — b…"

""And if I brought you the fallen star?" asked Tristran lightly. "What would you give me? A kiss? Your hand in marriag…"

"A question like 'How big is Faerie?' does not admit of a simple answer. Faerie, after all, is not one land, one princ…"

"He stared up at the stars: and it seemed to him then that they were dancers stately and graceful, performing a dance …"

""The little folk dare anything", said his friend. "And they talks a lot of nonsense. But they talks an awful lot of s…"

"Immediately to the east of Wall is a high grey rock wall, from which the town takes its name. This wall is old, built…"