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But not as he believes. Know you anything of Avalon's plan? I know what Niniane said, and the Merlin, when they came to take you thither, said Morgause. Again he fell silent, then said across that vast distance, I would have followed it beyond the world, but I was given no choice. And then she thought, perhaps she is gone over the seas.

I must return now, I am not afraid to travel where I must. And once when I went there I found at the very center of the stones a garland of the scented flowers which grew on the border of the fairy country; dried, they would never fade. but I do not know whether that was real or a dream. And then what she must do flashed full-blown into her head, and for a moment she stood frozen, hearing Niniane say in mind and memory, Accolon must succeed his father, and her own voice replying .