uring the service, Gareth and his cousin and sponsor Lancelet had been first to receive holy communion, even before the King. He called to his squire, who stood at the door of the room, to come and take the banner carefully and to raise it above their camp. They were trapped on the shores of the Lake! And now she was aware that a boat was pushing out from the shores of the priests' Isle, to cross the Lake and find her here. bowed and moved apart, circling for their advantage; then they rushed together, and Morgause gasped, watching the fierceness of it.
Arthur turned back to Gwenhwyfar and said, Now indeed, my queen, you must go to rest. And now when she thought of those nights she was frightened and ashamed, trembling with the memory of a pleasure she had never known, There was a long silence, while he stared grimly at the flagstones of the courtyard. Elaine- Elaine? What- She is not asleep in our bed, Morgaine said.
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