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There has been no Emperor of Rome for more than a hundred years, my wife. Never was he my son . But Lancelet's son is but a young child, and Gwydion already a man grown. I do not know what will become of us.

And I heard him say more, when he spoke with Taliesin-that Mary the Virgin was even as the Great Goddess, and it was she had given him the victory to save this land . She looked down at her hands. and it was you who pushed me into Lancelet's arms- Oh, my Gwen, he said, and his face was rueful like a punished child. I will not try to pretend I am as surprised as all that, brother.