“Yes she met with a slight accident involving a stake." Ash said "funny how that happens sometimes...”
“Ill met by moonlight,' said Deirdre.'You could still be tied to a stake,' said Random, and she did not reply.”
“How came she by her death? How came she there? Was she slain by accident, or had she met with violence? were the questions that pressed upon our thoughts. But we said little then and after a time left her where we found her. It mattered not to her that the bed was hard or the air cold.("A Night In An Old Castle")”
“She thought of Aziza's stutter, and of what Aziza had said earlier about fractures and powerful collisions deep down and how sometimes all we see on the surface is a slight tremor.”
“When you're involved in an accident and someone asks "are you alright?" Yes fine thanks, I'll just pick up my limbs and be off. ”
“Yes?""When you said you weren't angry...""Yes?""Were you?""I was rather annoyed," he admitted."But not angry?" She sounded as if she didn't believe him."Believe me, Henry, when I get angry, you'll know.""What happens?"His eyes clouded over slightly before he answered. "You don't want to know."She believed him.”