And she did not carry the authority of Avalon; with her own hands had she cast that away. n in this great chamber, there is small room to move, and now when it is all empty- No, she said quickly, no, my dear, leave it. but a form edged in light, whom she had seen once, years before, at the time when she crossed the great silence . said, and if you will send someone to me that I may bathe, and dress myself clean, I will bless you.
She turned sharply away, trying to conceal it, but Uriens had seen. Morgaine dared not take her eyes from her stepson, but all through the meal she could feel Accolon's eyes on her, warming her as if she were standing in sunlight after the winter's chill. Now she remembered some of the things which had befallen her there as dreams or madness, and her face was stung with shame. never there, there is no Goddess but only yourself, and you are alone in the mockery of echoes from an empty shrine .
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