Why was it so quiet? It seemed in all the world there was no sound but their horses' hooves, and even these seemed to fall like stones dropped into water, muffled and dying away in ripples. Here- and Morgaine felt a comforting woman's arm under her head; something warm and comforting held to her lips. Galahad was startled. If I offer myself to the Goddess-she will be merciful to me- Morgaine sighed.
My poor girl, you are sick and wretched, and no wonder, in this place. It was more than an hour before sunrise. And Taliesin was big enough to make no quarrel with the priests, knowing they served their God as best t me to find him swaying in his saddle, the bandages slowly soaking through with blood, and they led him away the way they had come.
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