Why then should there be any to sit in Viviane's place except a child half-fated for that high office, w This he loves best, I think, to sit in his own hall and look upon the peace he has wrought; whatever his faults, Arthur truly loves the rule of order and the kingdom of law. Even as the people of the far southlands put Christ to the cross, so this wise and holy man was forced to drink hemlock because the rabble and the kings said he taught false doctrine. Of all those who dwelt on Avalon, the Merlin had never seen that one who dwelt in seclusion and silence.
But why now should she stay? Sir Mordred has been named captain of horse while Lancelet is gone from court. he could walk under the open sky and on the hills without fear, because wherever she might go, God would be with her. And I know we will go to Heaven, all of us, said the girl with a smile, but if you have taken vows elsewhere, I am sure that is a good place, too. The old hall seemed smaller than when she had lived there; she had grown used to great spaces in Caerleon and later at Camelot.
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