J. W.
J. W. asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

The phrase "the singing woman at the forest's edge" appears to affect Ingrey too deeply to be a throwaway line, yet there is no more reference to it in The Hallowed Hunt. Is there something that was cut or a story yet to be written? I did a web search thinking it might be a reference to something, but all I found was a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, "The Singing Woman From the Wood's Edge" which does not seem right.

Lois McMaster Bujold
Your web search is exactly right, actually. The line was inspired by the poem.

The intent in the story was to evoke the sense, in the reader, of more magical culture than was actually shown on-page. No, it was not developed more deeply than that in my head.

Great poem, by the way. Recommended.

Ta, L.

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