06/03/2026 07:23

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I wondered often how a woman so fastidious as Morgaine could have let him touch her. Would Gwenhwyfar tell him honestly that she loved another, or would she go meekly to his bed and pretend again?And for a bizarre moment Morgaine saw herself as the Queen's shadow . And Morgaine, too, is married to a man old enough to be her father-I think that was ill done of Arthur! Gwenhwyfar said stiffly, Morgaine married Uriens with her own consent. His mouth twisted.

A glimmer of a tiny lamp in the darkness confused her; for a moment she saw what seemed a beloved face, grown young-then knew who it must be. hurried across the rain-swept courts, was she in the secluded house where she had dwelt with Raven. ving away the crier who hurried to him, called out in a strong, clear voice which could be heard clearly from one end of the field She loved Arthur the man no less than Arthur the King, but she realized now how much less was the man without the business of kingship into which he had put so much of his life.