The Lesson of the Inn — Marion Zimmer Bradley

Hilary Castamir had been at Arilinn Tower for half her life. Now she was being sent home, a failure, not strong enough to be a Keeper. But leaving the Tower did not change the way she had been taught to think, and the journey home was a real shock.

This story was originally published in the Darkover anthology SWORD OF CHAOS, Apr 1982.