1. Tallis circled the giant tree twice.

2. Tallis has written a cruel parody of Hartman's prose.

3. Tallis sank through the snow, nestled among the bones.

4. Tallis watched the winter with awe.

5. Tallis felt the warmth from him and loved it.

6. Tallis suddenly understood the eerie silence among the clan.

7. But Tallis had no time for the old man and his sad, bad dreams of lost possessions, lost knowledge.

8. Tallis smelled blood and the more offensive stink of ordure.

9. Tallis tugged the body back on to the animal, then climbed into the saddle behind it.

10. Tallis rose and walked over to the pile of nuts and berries.

11. Other birds stood on Tallis, pecked at her, pecked at the charred flesh of the youngest son.

12. Through her fingers Tallis could hear the horses protesting against the growing, icy wind.

13. Tallis was raised up and five faces stared at her, some smiling, some too dead to show emotion.

14. Shaded by prouder trees, Tallis waited in the stillness, watching the movements of summer through gleaming green and spiky leaves.

15. Tallis stepped across the threshold and screamed as the true cold struck her.

16. Tallis dragged the animal down and soothed it, stroking its muzzle and whispering soft words.

17. Now, when Tallis listened hard, she could hear a drum being beaten as a warning.

18. Tallis glanced towards the exit from the mortuary house, then frowned and looked around.

19. Tallis, listening to the silence, realized that Wynne-Jones was whispering to Old-woman-who-sang-to-the-river.

20. Tallis could recognize this fact even beyond the mask of clay.

21. He kissed Tallis on the lips, then watched her eyes.

22. Teetering on the sheer cliff, Tallis peered down at the river.

23. She turned slowly to look towards Tallis, her eyes fierce, her mouth twisted with fury.

24. He lifted Tallis in his hand, the small fragment of coal that she had become.

25. Tallis was on her own for the first time in her eight years or so in this unimaginable land.

26. Tallis went to the makeshift corral and let the animal out, stroking her bruised face, patting her flanks.

27. Disturbed by this strange and brutal event, Tallis found it hard to get to sleep again.

28. Wynne-Jones detached himself from the supporting arm and came over to Tallis.

28. try its best to gather and build good sentences.

29. The fires signalled to something else as well ... Shortly before daybreak Tallis was woken by the distant sound of a hunting horn.

30. Animals walked there, the vibration of their passing stirring Tallis from her earthly sleep.

31. As Tallis ran towards him she thought, with idle horror, that he looked as if he was praying.

32. Tallis was charred wood, hardening, still aware through this gate into the first forest of what was occurring around her.

33. Tallis moved swiftly through this place of forest shrines, and after a while the nature of the wood changed again.

34. Tallis just stood quietly, cloak around her shoulders, iron-bladed spear held in two hands.

35. Tallis watched them, then let her gaze wander along the stark crags and jutting masonry walls.

36. Dreamer placed Tallis on the snow, facing south, facing home.

37. The crested helmet of the warrior gleamed in dawn sun and he turned and rode down on Tallis.

38. She circled Tallis twice, staring down at her, not touching, not acknowledging her beyond the hard, contemptuous stare.

39. After a long while, watching the attack and listening to the screeching wood, Tallis had had enough.

40. Tallis could see how invisible feet kicked up the leaf litter, broke and trampled bracken.

41. His mouth worked silently, eyes fixed on Tallis.

42. Tallis leaned back, hands in the pockets of his freshly pressed suit.

43. Cecilia Tallis: [ in a letter ] My darling , Briony found my address somehow and sent a letter.

44. After a pause , during which he scrutinised Tallis closely, the psychiatrist began to speak.

45. This Venus of the dunes, virgin of the time - slopes, rose above Tallis into the meridian sky.

46. She glanced at Tallis , who pointed to the comer.

47. Tallis sat down on the roof of a car buried in the sand.

48. For Tallis, this period in the apartment was a time of increasing fragmentation.

48. try its best to gather and create good sentences.

49. She noticed Tallis behind the door and walked towards him.

50. When Coma called at the apartment Tallis rose from his chair by Karen Novotny's body.