She said, whimpering, I trusted you. You held back the darkness for a whole generation, until they were civilized men, with learning and music and faith in God, who will fight to save something of the beauty of the times that are past. She wished she could indeed love Kevin as Taliesin thought she did. I have often wondered if some sickness in boyhood, or that wound I took, might have gelded me .
Besides, the King's subjects would never accept a child for king, after the long peaceful years of Arthur's reign. It was the first time she had had courage to do such a thing. As for Gwenhwyfar, she had other things to think of. It will not make me think the less of Gwydion that he stood beside me when all my other Companions forsook me for this quest.
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