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I cannot go back. to another, King Arthur! Morgause saw that Morgaine had sunk back, white as death, and was clutching the rails with both hands. She went to the basin and ewer of water, poured it out and washed her face and hands and braided her hair afresh. He was not the elder son, so I thought he would never reign- The elder son is a fool, said Kevin, though the priests think

now she would be heavy of foot and sick, grotesque . She went out of the room leaving the younger woman staring. But Morgaine was here this day, in the guise of an old peasant woman. Even when she was out of danger, she did not recover her strength, but lay in a dreary apathy, unmoving, tears sliding down her face.