' You were priestess of Avalon, one of the maidens of the Lady of the Lake, and you went as a maiden to the God, is it so? I assented. She knows what I did not know, that if I stretched my hand to Arthur, I could make him ignore anything she said; Arthur loves me best. she, Morgaine, had had Arthur and borne him a son, which Gwenhwyfar longed to do; Gwenhwyfar had had Lancelet's love for which Morgaine would willingly have given her soul . Not only did she alienate the common people, but the more pious among the King's household called Morgaine witch and sorceress, and worse things, among themselves.
Then they had arrived back at the castle and Morgaine had to see to King Uriens' travelling things, and in the confusion of the da Does my mother dwell now in Avalon, foster-mother? I know not. And, she thought, there is so little of your hair that if you cut it short, your bald spot would shine through like a beacon! Look, the noble Lanc Lot's son Gawaine went with me and we made short work of him, and Gawaine got himself a wife out of it-the lady is a widow with rich lands.
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