Chapter 65: Bond, Part 1
Telmé was awake when they returned. He stood in the center of a cluster of Paladins so excited to see him awake and looking well they had forgotten propriety to clap him on the shoulder and back, squeeze his arm and shake his hands. They all slowly went still, however, when they saw Raffé and the others returnand noticed that Waldemar was missing.
Striding over to a barrel, Kristof leapt neatly up onto it. A nearby sentry blew his horn, gathering the whole of the camp. When everyone had fallen silent, Kristof bellowed, "The king is dead." Real silence fell then, as even fidgeting and fussing and murmuring faded off. A cluster of Priests, standing close to Kristof, began softly to sing a mourning hymn. The soldiers nearest them joined in, and quickly the song spread through the camp.