She turned sharply away, trying to conceal it, but Uriens had seen. I would that you should share all things with me, but you have no wish to share this, and so I may not speak of it to you. Her heart was pounding. But when you turned to the one true God, then did he give you that greatest of victories, so that you drove the Saxons forth from this island for all of time.
She could hear the rain pounding on the roof as she put on her gown by lamplight, but if they stayed for rain in this climate they should be here a year. She thought, I could make him desire me, but the knowledge was like a mouthful of dust. Not only to offer you a gift but to ask a boon of you, said Uriens. Believe me, she added kindly, she will be treated with love and reverence as the granddaughter of the greatest of priestesses.
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