Lawhead, Stephen - Pendragon Cycle 2 - Merlin

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BOOK II OF THE PENDRAGON CYCLE

STEPHEN

LAWHEAD

A LION BOOK

The Pendragon Cycle:

1:TALIESIN

3: ARTHUR

4: PENDRAGON

Song of Albion:

1: THE PARADISE WAR

2: THE SILVER HAND

3: THE ENDLESS KNOT

STEPHEN LAWHEAD

A LION BOOK

Lion Publishing pic

Sandy Lane West, Oxford, England

ISBN 0 7459 1310 5

Albatross Books Pry Ltd

PO Box 320, Sutherland, NSW 2232, Australia

ISBN 0 86760 963 X

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Lawhcad, Stephen, 19SO-Merlin

I. Title II. Series 813'.54[F]

ISBN 0-7459-1310-5

Printed and bound in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman Ltd, Reading

ch: hard, as in Scottish Loch, or Bach (never soft, as in church)

dd: th as in then (never as in thistle)

f: v, as in of

ff: f, as in off

g: hard, as in girl (never gem)

ll: a Welsh distinctive, sounded as 'tl' or 'hi' on the sides of the tongue

r: trilled, lightly

rh: as if hr, heavy on the 'h' sound

s: always as in sir (never his)

th: as in thistle (never then)

Vowels — as in English, but with the general lightness of short vowel

sounds:

a: as in father

e: as in met (when long, as in late)

i: as in pin (long, as in eat)

o: as in not

u: as in pin (long, as in eat)

w: a 'double-u,' as in vacuum, or tool; but becomes a consonant before

vowels, as in the name Gwen

y: as in pin; or sometimes as 'u' in but (long as in eat)

(As you can see, there is not much difference in i, u, and y — they are

of all things meek and bold;

Five is the number of ships that sailed

from Atlantis lost and cold;

Four kings of the Wester lands were saved,

three kingdoms now behold;

Two came together in love and fear,

in Llyonesse stronghold;

One world there is, one God, and one birth

the Druid stars foretold.

SRL

They were going to kill Arthur. Can you imagine? They would have killed

him, too, but I put a stop to it. The arrogance! The stupidity!

Not that Other was ever one for a scholar's cope. I expected more from

Ygerna, though; she at least had the canny sense of her people. But, she

was afraid. Yes, frightened of the whispered voices, frightened of her

suddenly exalted position, frightened of Uther and desperate to please him.

She was so young.

So Arthur had to be saved, and at no little expense to myself. I had heard

about their sordid plan in the way I have, and made it my affair to confront

Uther with it early on. He denied all, of course.

'Do you think me mad?' he shouted. He was always shouting. 'The child

could be male,' he said, suppressing a sly smile. 'It could well be my heir

we are talking about!'

Uther is a warrior and there is an honesty about that: steel does not lie.

Lucky for him he was a man born to his time. He would never have made

a decent magistrate, let alone governor — he is a sorry liar. As High King

he ruled with a sword in one hand and a bludgeon in the other: the sword

for the Saecsen, the bludgeon for the petty kings below him.

Ygerna was just as bad in her own way. She said nothing, but stood

him.

Outside on the black rocks the waves crashed and the white gulls cried.

Ygerna touched a hand to her stomach — a brushing touch with fingertips

— and I knew she would listen to reason. Ygerna would be an ally.

So it did not matter what Uther said or did not say, admitted or did not

admit. I would have my way. . .

My way. Was it? Was it ever my way? There's a thought. Ah, but I am

getting ahead of myself. I always am. This is to be Arthur's story. Yes, but

there is more to Arthur than his birth. To understand him, you have to

understand the land. This land, this Island of the Mighty.

And you have to understand me, for I am the man who made him.

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