she was old and burdened, but Arthur, too, had changed from the young King Stag . Gwenhwyfar would not quarrel again with Morgaine. You are scarcely older than I, said Arthur, and my chamberlain tells me I am a handsome man still. And they will-what is it your priests say-they will temper the wind to the shorn lamb.
I have been here all too long, she thought, winter has come. Go to keep your vigil. He reached out one of his gnarled hands and took hers; she thought she had never heard him speak so gently. If there had not been war when I was younger, I might have been destined for Avalon and the lore of the priests.
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