Obey me, she said and, turning a little away from Uriens, so that Accolon alone could see, she touched the faded blue crescent on her forehead. Gwenhwyfar appeared on the stairway; someone explained the situation to her in a whisper, and Gwenhwyfar came down the steps, looking at Accolon. The body servant who slept across the king's door started awake as Morgaine bent to rouse him. And when I dreamed of the Grail, it bade me do my duty to my lord and king.
He whispered, I swear, and the meaning of the oath seemed to ripple the air around them both. Pellinore, startled, incredulous, threw on a garment, shouting for his daughter's women. Viviane had told her, in her youth at Avalon, that she had not the patience nor the hardihood for initiation into the Mysterie what has befallen her, nor do I suppose I will ever again look upon her face this side of the day of judgment.
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