This is the third tale of Herbia about a young woman, Chervil. Chervil is now a young woman, and she is apprenticed to the Weavers of Herbia - Marjoram and Alnus. But a trader and buyer of wool cheats them of their resources, and they will have to travel abroad. Will Chervil leave her home to continue as an apprentice, or stay to become an old maid of the village? The wider world will not be shut out forever.