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She had led them here She was still their leader

Her voice was calh clenched teeth "What have you done to him?"

It was I who faltered I opened ed at last to whisper hoarsely, "I won’t say I can’t tell you"

She slid from her horse, her spear tilted at me "You can’t tell me--can he? Will he? Dear God! I should--" Of a sudden she hit me furiously across ered abruptly to my knees

Artos stepped forward and put a cautionary hand on Goewin’s shoulder, but gave no word of repri to Lleu, who raised his head wearily, awakened by the sudden jolt

"Put him down," Goewin said Lleu stared at her and at his father, unbelieving, used to being tricked by what he saw "Put hiently set Lleu on his feet He stood next to htly resting on my shoulder; then he carefully crossed to stand beside his father I faced Goewin, on my knees in the snow before her

"You--you don’t even obey your precious otten god of darkness?" And then with the staff of her spear she struck a tre sideways into the snoith all ainst my wounded hand, and could not stifle a sharp cry of real pain I said nothing, only raised my head a little to watch for the next attack; neither defiant nor afraid, resigned, fully aware of what she meant to do But when Goewin drew back for another blow Lleu said suddenly, "Don’t"

I turned

"He hasn’t hurt ht yet," Goewin said coldly

"He won’t," Lleu said "You will kill hiained You’ll break yourself, you’ll break us all, just as Morgause would have it Oh, don’t be an idiot, Goewin, he is no traitor"

"Oh, is he not!"

Lleu said calmly, "I am safe, I am whole: Don’t destroy me now"

"Are you so bound to him?" Goewin sneered "As he is to his mother?"

"I am not bound to anyone," Lleu said readily "But he is, after all, our brother"