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Men can love a tree, a cottage, a stream; Flavian loved Avalon as being the temple of the unutterable memories of the past.

— Warwick Deeping

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He thanked God in his heart that he had plucked her blemishless from gradual death. It was even thus, he thought, that a good soldier should ride into Paradise bearing the soul of the woman he loved.

Uther and Igraine (1903)

She lay still awhile, and let her thoughts dance like the motes in the shimmer of sunlight that stole in between the branches.

Uther and Igraine (1903)

Her grace, her infinite tenderness, the purity of her, were all set about his soul like angels round a dreamer's bed.

Uther and Igraine (1903)

The black moth night had come into the sky with his golden-spotted wings all spread.

Uther and Igraine (1903)

Night was in the sky, night in her winter austerity — keen, clear, aglitter with stars as though her robe were spangled with cosmic frost.

Uther and Igraine (1903)

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