Abruptly the door was thrust open and Lot and Gawaine strode into the room. Morgaine, why do you not return to Avalon? Morgaine bent her head, knowing that if Morgause spoke kindly again to her she would break and weep. She let herself lean a little on him. How could I swear for a child not yet born? I knew not what it meant -oh, no, not my daughter, not my daughter-you cannot take her from me, not so young! Again Morgaine said, You have sworn it.
Gawaine's face lighted. The old abbess recognized the High Queen, and was awed and amazed that she should return, but Gwenhwyfar told the tale she had decided on -that evi ing of the curse had brought it to pass-had he been reared in his father's house, he would not have done what he did in ignorance. Was this a profanation or an honest attempt to bring the Mysteries into the hearts and souls of all the court? Morgaine did not know.
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