"I suppose I do," he says in agreement, smiling too.

They finish with the rest of the dishes, and then he helps them finish little chores about the house as he used to when he had lived here before. Once the horses have been fed, and some of the broken furniture mended, the family gather once more at the kitchen table.

Things are different now. Somehow he has the feeling that he can no longer live here, even if Yvaine agrees to live with him here, in Wall. He knows she could never be happy here, and neither could he.

It is time to tell them good-bye.