Book III, Chapters 9-10, Epilogue Summary

In Chapter 9, Mordred finally gets a meeting with Arthur. Arthur's kingdom is falling apart, along with his personal life. His son is said to be a traitor. Some of the minor kings to the north are riding to Mordred's aid. Bedwyr is on his way to support Arthur, and Duke Constantine the trouble maker is also coming. Both men, Mordred and Arthur are being propelled to the brink of war, and neither wants it to happen. Guinevere, instead of going to either Mordred, Bedwyr or Arthur, goes back to her convent.

In Chapter 10, Mordred wakes on the day of the parley, convinced he is losing the queen, his love, no matter what. Arthur dreams of Merlin, and of the advice he dreamed the old man had given him through the words of Nimue. As the...