Morgaine felt herself buffeted, struck and battered by the wind; in the grove, she knew, were forms and faces she could not clearly see; this testing was not for her, but for the man at her side. For if she gave Arthur a son, she would think it only the goodness of Christ, though the Lady of the Lake herself stood by her bed. Gareth and Gawaine were seated further down the table, and Gwydion close to them, sharing a dish with Niniane. and it seemed to Morgaine that her heart hardened like stone.
im to bear your banner and there will be division in the kingdom, your party under the cross and Lancelet's under the Pendragon. And tears flooded down her face, blurring her sight. Gwenhwyfar looked at Morgaine. You must return now, said Niniane, but first there is one you must know.
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