I have worked all my lifetime, it seems, since I was old enough to hold a sword, to end the wars with the Saxons. It is well to tell a tale to amuse a child, but truth must be served too. She forced her voice to stay calm. He and I could have ruled-for Avalon! Now Arthur is the priests' creature.
She felt suddenly that he had taken a deeper wound than she could know, in his very soul, and for a moment wondered, had Morgaine been right to spare him this knowledge? No. Yes, he was Morgaine's son, he had the cat-smile she could show sometimes! Galahad blinked, then decided the words were meant as a jest. She resented the unearthly word Avalon; it frightened her to think that Arthur was sworn to protect their heathenish ways. Lot, behind him, said, I heard it among my Northmen -they say these are the spears of the Saxons which we will face, and the wild swans are crying, and the ravens await us all .
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