In that silence she saw the walls of a pavilion, and Arthur sleeping with Excalibur naked in his hand. Within her dwelling the women had lighted a fire, and a cup of warmed wine sat steaming beside her usual chair so that she might break the moon-dark fast. 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. now she stood knee-deep in a relentless tide, watching it all swept away from her again, and the world was filled with the accusing eyes of Uwaine and his father.
But surely that had been no more than a dream, when she was dizzied with the sweet-tasting strong wine . But the picture persisted in her mind, that Balan and his foster-brother should somehow quarrel in her name, until at last she made a stern banish She started to push it away, and then it seemed she heard Viviane's voice saying, Drink it. He is not my brother, Gwenhwyfar said.
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