Warwick Deeping

Name: Uther and Igraine — Book II: Chapter II
Author: Warwick Deeping

Uther and Igraine — Book II: Chapter II (1903)

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“Uther and Igraine — Book II: Chapter II”, published in 1903, is a work by Warwick Deeping. It explores elements such as Igraine, Gorlois and Morgan.

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Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine — Book II: Chapter II (1903)

“ Turning round a holly hedge that hid a statue of Cupid, she came full upon a woman seated on the stone bench that ringed the statue's pedestal. The woman wore a light blue tunic, and a purple gown that ran all along the seat in curling masses. She was combing her fair hair as though she had only lately come from the bath. Her white glimmering arms were bare to the elbow, and she was humming a song to the sway of her hair, while many rings laughed on her slim white fingers. She had not heard Igraine's step upon the grass, but saw suddenly her shadow stealing along in the sun. ”

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Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine — Book II: Chapter II (1903)

“ One morning Igraine had bathed, tied her hair, and had passed out into the garden alone. The place was of some size, boasting twenty acres or more, full of winding paths, grass glades, and knolls of bushy shrubs, where one might lose one's self as soon as think. Children often played hide-and-seek there, and idling up some green walk you might catch a giggling girl, with hair flying, bursting out of some thicket with a lad in full chase. Or in some shady lawn you might come upon a company of children dancing as solemnly as little elves to the sound of a pipe. ”

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Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine — Book II: Chapter II (1903)

“ Igraine was such a one as would attract the man. In the first place she was very fair to look upon, a point of some importance. She was tall, big of body, and built for grace and strength, things pleasant to Gorlois's humour. Above all she was proud and implacable, no giggling franion hardly worth the kissing, and Gorlois had grown past the first blush of experiences of heart. He was sage enough to know that a woman lightly won is often soon lost, or not worth the winning. Let a man's soul sweat in the taming of her, and there is some chance of his making an honest bargain. ”

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Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine — Book II: Chapter II (1903)

“ Igraine arched her eyebrows and gave the girl a stare. She knew what a coward Morgan was, and guessed she was in a holy panic, despite her cool impudence and seeming ease of mind. Woman-like, she conceived a sudden strong desire to have Morgan whimpering and grovelling at her feet, for there is some satisfaction in terrorising an enemy, even if one can do no more. ”

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Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine — Book II: Chapter II (1903)

“ Gorlois had ancestry enough to breed worship in him, and after Ambrosius and black Uther he held undoubted precedence of all knights in Britain.
Unblemished fortune is not always the nurse best suited to the dandling of a man's mind. It had been so with Gorlois. He was one of those beings whose life seemed to promise nothing but triumphal processions and perpetual bays of victory. Selfishness is such a glittering garment that it needs a great light to reveal its true texture to the wearer. ”

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Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine — Book II: Chapter II (1903)

“ Moreover, like many a man of restless, soaring spirit, Gorlois ever hungered for romance, and the mysterious discomforts and satisfactions that hedge the way into a woman's bosom. Certain men are never happy unless they have the firebrand of love making red stir for them in heart and body. Of some such stuff was Gorlois. ”

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Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine — Book II: Chapter II (1903)

“ I have lost my man, you yours."
"You are very logical," said Igraine.
"Why should we women grieve?"
"Why indeed?"
"There are many more men in the world."
"Madame, I do not understand you."
Morgan gave a malicious little laugh that ended in a sneer. She touched her hair with her jewelled fingers, blew a kiss to Cupid, and again laughed in her sly mischief-making way. In a moment words were out of her lips that set Igraine's face ablaze, her heart at a canter, and mulled all further parley. Morgan saw trouble, dodged and ran round the statue. ”

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Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine — Book II: Chapter II (1903)

“ He was quick as a hawk, supple and springy as a willow, keen and eager in his action as a born fighter should be. When you saw him move, the lean hard fibre of him seemed as tense and tough as the string of a five-foot bow. ”

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