And he rose and limped out of the room without looking back, leaving Niniane sullen and angry. I wondered what Accolon would think of me; I had all but pledged myself to him, and before that night fell I had been publicly promised to his father! I had no chance to ask. Not even shadows in the moonless courtyard. He rose and stood with his two hands on his son's shoulders, looking into his eyes.
Is this why the Great Goddess has no husband, after the Roman fashion, but only sons, as we are all her children? And I who sit in her place must feel my lover as my son too . No more, I am so weary that I will be drunk at another taste! Supper I would have. Everything seemed, all at once, distant and small and looming over her, and there was a deep silence within her head. - Come, come, my dear, I am not yet too old to ride, he said, frowning a little, and I am sure the waters will do me good.
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