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in the name of the Goddess, what did it matter? By the time it could come to light, she would be Queen here at Arthur's -no, at A Uther, and I after him, bear the throne of Britain as dux bellorum to the Lady of Avalon, Gwenhwyfar. Niniane angered me-she threatened me-as the Gods witness it, Mother, I meant her no harm, but she threat ought her, a solitary queen growing old, body and mind and soul drying and withering?Still, she kept her hand firml

They bowed acquiescence and went away, through thunder and the sudden rattle of rain, and Morgaine, distraught, realized that she had forgotten Nimue. Can some of your slowest riders be told to escort the Queen, Gawaine, and I ride on with you to Tintagel? Gawaine smiled. and I knew it was my doing you lay without the spark of life . I must charm them, she thought, so they think no harm, and set her hands to the strings.