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of my father save with admiration! I hope, then, that you see him always as a hero untarnished, said Gwenhwyfar. Gwenhwyfar would give him no peace until he had given himself into the hands of the priests. She felt Raven's touch, hands gripping hers, and it seemed to her that beyond Raven's hands she felt other hands, she knew not whose . Then Morgaine rose.

I doubt it not, Morgaine thought disdainfully, but she only thanked the man in the rough country dialect s e to his brother, and that the King had done him the honor of offering to make him a knight-an honor he had refused. Still, at this time of year, the light lingered late, and Morgaine did not want to spend another night on the road. Already she had ceased to feel the slightest revulsion against his twisted body, feeling only the strength and life force flowing within it.