The chapter details Morgaine's trip back to Avalon to see Viviane. After all this time, Morgaine still feels shame over Lancelet. She does not know if she can get back to Avalon, since she had left it without permission so long ago. She approaches the mists and waits for the barge, but it never comes. She knows of another way to Avalon and attempts it but finds herself in a strange place. Morgaine hears no sounds; all is still. She feels as though she is moving through an enchanted country. As moves around and still cannot reach Avalon, she begins to feel a sense of panic that she has truly been cast out.
She stops, however, when she sees a man with a torch standing before her. Morgaine follows him as.....
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