She was almost too dizzy to climb into the saddle, and for a moment she sat swaying, wondering if she would fall. Her voice caught and broke with the tears that had laid heavy on her all this day. It would be a pleasure, said Isotta courteously. Gwydion felt the tensing of her muscles and asked in a rasping whisper, Lancelet's signal? He dug the knife again into the yielding skin at her throat, and she whispered, sweating in terror, Yes.
And indeed when Elaine and Morgaine reached the Queen, there was no sign of the presence there of Lancelet, or any other man. She let Gwenhwyfar lower her to her pillows and groaned. Gareth turned back to Morgaine and said, How does my foster-brother Gwydion, lady Morgaine? She said shortly, I have heard he is in Avalon. Morgaine recalled Arthur receiving Excalibur at the hands of the Lady.
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