Why do I feel so shamed? I showed mercy; I could have had him tortured. But it was not so. Emperor, he calls himself, of Rome! And has he any right to be emperor? Gwenhwyfar asked. If through my doing you give Lancelet the son which every man craves, you must swear to me-swear by your own God-that you will send me your daughter for fostering.
She would probably never learn what was on Gwydion's mind. then she stopped herself. as he had wept in her arms, that morning when first he knew how Viviane had trapped them both. Surely, the holy thing had brought itself from Avalon, moving, as the hallows were withdrawn from Avalon, into the world of men where it was most needed.
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