Characters in The Little Sisters of Eluria

He thought of his mother and father; he thought of Abel Vannay, who had limped his way through a life of gentle goodness, and Eldred Jonas, who had limped his way through a life of evil . . . until …

And now you. The girl wasn’t here. His mind spoke in the soft, regretful tone of Alain, one of his old friends, dead these many years now. She wouldn’t dare, not with the others watching. That was only a dream you had.

Chas. Freeborn, cattle-theef to be tryed. Roland wasn’t familiar with the notation 12/Fe/99, but as this was a long stretch from February, he supposed Fe might stand for Full Earth.

He held out his hand for the spoon Coquina had been teasing him with (he found he wasn’t surprised at all that one of these would tease a sick and sleeping man in such a way; it …

… -morning begging expeditions to the Great House kitchens as a child—forays he had usually made with Cuthbert. The reeds were tied with a wide white silk ribbon, and smelled like burnt toast. Beneath the ribbon was a fold of cloth. Like everything …

… And at least there was no question now about staying to bury the boy named James; that conundrum had been solved. “Stand steady,” he said in the low speech, beginning to retreat. “First fellow that moves—” …

This time when Roland closed his eyes, he slept. III. FIVE SISTERS. JENNA. THE DOCTORS OF ELURIA. THE MEDALLION. A PROMISE OF SILENCE. When Roland awoke again, he was at first sure that he was still sleeping.

… if Roland was able, and explain as well as he could what had happened to James and John, sons of Jesse. “You’ll do all that yourself,” Roland said. “No.” Norman tried to raise his hand, perhaps to scratch his nose, and was unable to do even …

… gunslinger could flounder, the young man said, “They think you’ve forgotten such a simple hook as John Norman. What culleens they be, eh, Jimmy?” Coquina and Tamra looked at the pale boy in the bed next to Roland’s, clearly angry . . . and clearly …

They roped ye and dragged ye, instead. Tamra, Michela, and Louise were out gathering herbs. They saw the green folk at play with ye, and bade them stop, but—” “Do the muties always obey you, Sister Jenna?”

“Who are you? Where am I?” “We are the Little Sisters of Eluria,” she said. “I am Sister Mary. Here is Sister Louise, and Sister Michela, and Sister Coquina—” “And Sister Tamra,” said the last. “A lovely lass of one-and-twenty.”

“We are the Little Sisters of Eluria,” she said. “I am Sister Mary. Here is Sister Louise, and Sister Michela, and Sister Coquina—” “And Sister Tamra,” said the last. “A lovely lass of one-and-twenty.” She giggled.

… She pointed, and Roland spied the gold medallion lying far down the aisle, where it had landed when Ralph threw it. Sister Tamra looked at him, still smiling. “He decided it was part of what was making him sick, and cast it away. Ye’d do the …

… Once, at the time he had met and fallen in love with Susan Delgado, he had known a witch named Rhea—the first real witch of Mid-World he had ever met. It was she who had caused Susan’s death, although Roland had played his own part. Now, …

Here is Sister Louise, and Sister Michela, and Sister Coquina—” “And Sister Tamra,” said the last. “A lovely lass of one-and-twenty.” She giggled. Her face shimmered, and for a moment she was again as old as the world.

But of course when he came here, he hadn’t considered Roland’s guns. “Smasher was wrong to give them shooters to you,” he said at last. “Give em and not tell me. Did u’se give him whik-sky? Give him ’backky?”

With the dog banished, they might well have gotten within attacking distance if Topsy hadn’t done Roland the favor of dying at such an opportune moment. No guns that Roland could see; they were armed with clubs.

… again, his eyes were as dry as the desert he would eventually come to, still following the trail of Walter, the man in black. If there’s to be damnation, she had said, let it be of my choosing, not theirs. He knew a little about damnation himself …