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and if Arthur did not even know I was with child, he might be content to let me dwell there forevermore. The girl was taller than she herself, slender and fair-haired, with violet eyes-she was not unlike Igraine at that age, Viviane thought, though Igraine's hair had been nearer red than golden. God is so great and terrible I am always afraid before his altar, but here in the chapel of Mary, we who are her avowed virgins may come to her as our Mother, too. Arthur gave me leave, and we could have had each other, at least once, and now never .

Her old hatred of Arthur surged up; Gwydion would bring him down, and he would do it with her help-and when it was done, she would be at He led her outside the gate, down the steep slope that raised the ancient fort of Camelot above the surrounding hills. And he would cast this away? If Arthur shall forswear his oath, shall I not require it at his hands? Kevin said, One day the Goddess will deal with him in her own way. But then he turned to Elaine, and sang courteously of how the blossom woman's hair was made of fine golden lilies, and how her cheeks were like th