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Her voice was steadier than she could have believed. Will you go to the mass and take the sacrament with this great sin on your soul? I suppose-I suppose I cannot, said Arthur, his voice breaking. She sat listening, feeling her whole body quiver as the harp strings quivered under his touch. Fly your banner of Christ, if your conscience so bids you, but raise the Pendragon banner at its side with the serpents of w

5On the shores of Avalon the priestesses wound slowly along the reedy shore, torches in hand. Is that Viviane's harp? Yes, she said. Arthur made a dramatic gesture for political reasons, to catch the imagination of the crowd. She smiled-she could not help herself; it was as if something turned over, deep inside her.