she did not kneel or cross herself, but she bent her head before the high altar of the church; and then the girl tugged gently at her hand. And Uriens will come from North Wales, Gwenhwyfar said, and Morgaine too, no doubt. and perhaps we should be grateful we live in a civilized land, and the king and the queen need no longer bless the fields by lying together in public. in the old days the king was naught but the husband of the queen .
She was a great woman, she spent her life for this land-do you think it matters to her where her empty shell shall lie and then for a moment it seemed to her that she stood beneath a great light, as she had stood on that day when the Grail passed through the hall. She slept heavily, this time, without dreams, and when she woke, her mouth dry, she realized it was full day and she was still prisoner in the empty and filthy apartment. One of the Queen's ladies came up to them.
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