Attack on Castle Cousland part 7

Oh my goodness, this whole section of the series is going to be so difficult to do well. I already feel like apologizing in advance, because there's no way it can turn out the way I want it to.  I just hope some of the emotion comes across over the next couple of pages without being too melodramatic.  That's a very fine line, and this is a good exercise for exploring that.

The worst part is at the same time I'm drawing these I keep getting ideas for cute pictures of the Cousland family during happier times.  Maybe I'll draw those too just to torture everyone.