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Stay.

You are Saxon scouts!

We are not!

We were out hunting when your men attacked us.

You have been sent by Cerdig to spy on our land.

We�re friends! Come closer, you know me.

Have them killed at once.

Bury them on the far side of the hill.

Go on!

Where is your king? Where is king Athel?

Get on. � What is happening? Tell me!

We have captured two Saxon scouts, Sire.

I am Arthur. � Take me to him.

Where was your father slain?

At the battle of Ilchester.

And he gave you this clasp?

It came from you. It was your gift.

Not for you.

No. My mother gave it to me.

Cut them loose at once!

When last we met, I was not afflicted.

I could see you there as a stripling of sixteen years.

Now you are strong! You're a man!

My companion is Kai, the adopted son of Llud.

Llud?

It is enough that you're the son of Llud, to be welcome at my hearth.

Heh... heah, Morcant!

Can my hands and ears see more than your eyes, Morcant?

It would appear so, Sire.

I pray forgiveness for so grave an error.

Then we must forgive the error, must we not, Kai?

Hmm? Huh, yeah.

This lad is my only remaining relative.

He is my grandson, Tarn.

Now, I must show you some hospitality.

You shall be my honoured guests. Come!

Tragic magic is your spell.

And in your breath I drowned.

I thirst for water from your well.

Who is that sings so beautifully?

Goda. Daughter of Hywel.

To lie within your ground.

I will walk, I will run, I will have my fun.

I will stay, I will pray For you, you are my only one.

Was there ever such a beautiful voice that sung such a sad song.

I remember such sweet words before.

Sweet, gentle words that still ring in my ears...

Sweet, gentle words that spoke of love, you pig!

Let me pass!

Not until you hear me out.

I did come back.

With such haste you must have used up ten horses in your eagerness to return!

Waited for days and days.

You knew I was moving on.

But not where you were going.

You left me behind.

Could I know you�d ever come back?

But I did.

You should�ve taken me with you in the first place.

To war? Would you have carried my spears for me into battle?

You should be pleased that I have found you again.

Not scowling at me as if I were some marauding bear.

I�m cursing my fate.

Whatever there was between us can never be again.

You�ve taken a husband?

Then you are free.

You�re betrothed.

To Morcant. � Morcant?

That weasel?

I think there is something you should learn.

How to welcome a man who has sought you for three out of the four seasons.

No, Kai, I cannot!

Where�s Kai?

I do not hear his voice.

I trust he is not sick?

He has a sickness.

One that reoccurs every time he sees a pretty face.

Huh?

You will need a fresh horse, well fed and watered for the long journey ahead.

Journey? I�m not going on a journey.

As of this moment, as that cloud passes before the sun,

so you are betrothed to me.

No word to my father? No formalities?

No, none! As the hawk drops from the sky, from this moment you are mine.

Your prey? � Aye, and my woman.

No, Kai.

I cannot go with you.

I shall be waiting for you at daybreak.

Kai! It�s too late now!

Are you coming? � Yes.

Well, come then. Stop behaving like a lovesick goat!

What would you know of such things?

God�s teeth, you deserted the girl last time you met her.

Now you spend an hour with her and expect her to come running when you whistle.

You...

I knew she�d come!

Kai! Have you taken leave of your senses?

Yes, I have.

Heaven help us.

And from the far north, too, comes the sound of axes

as these Saxons fell our trees, steal our land!

I know this!

It was ever so.

What, would you have me deaf, heh, as well as blind?

Do you think that Arthur alone can keep these wolves from our door?

He cannot work miracles!

Here, give me a hand, boy, give me a hand.

That you seek my place, Morcant, this is clear.

That you shall be regent when I�m dead, until Tarn comes of age,

this I have sworn, but at this time Arthur...

Arthur needs our help.

Alone he is not strong enough, together we can be more powerful.

Hmm... You�re right.

I�ll sanction your plan.

Leave Hywel in command of our camp.

Take fifteen men.

Swear your allegiance to Arthur until such times as you feel

our land is not directly threatened by the Saxons, eh?

Heh.

Fifteen men? � It will be enough.

Against Arthur we will need a hundred.

If we had to surround his village, yes.

But with the advantage of surprise, fifteen men will suffice.

But he has this system of warnings, of defence. He�s renowned for it.

How are we going to surprise it?

Supposing there were someone who would tell us the secret of that defence?

We could attack a sleeping village.

You know of someone who would turn traitor?

I know of one.

I thought it was wild boar you went hunting!

My friends!

You see before you the happiest man in the world!

And today is the finest day that ever was!

It looks like rain!

Let it rain! It�s still the finest day!

Because I have come home with Goda, daughter of Hywel, of the tribe of King Athel,

who is to be my bride! � Yay!

We�ll have none less than Felix, Abbot of Gloucester, to marry us!

The wedding will take place on the morrow!

It�ll take a day and a half to ride to Glevum, and a day and a half back.

Then the wedding will take place in three days.

Selvira!

Will you do me the honour of taking Goda into your house until the wedding?

And in three day�s time you�ll be invited,

nay, commanded to attend the wedding feast.

It�ll be a day of celebration and rejoicing!

I... er... I saw some smoke over there.

You touched a signal.

Signal?

Just loud enough to warn of danger.

But soft enough for the sound not to carry to your enemies.

Not through the natural rustlings of the forest.

The system covers every approach to the village.

And just by treading on those ropes you�re warned.

And we send up smoke, which is seen in the village.

And if it should be night, there�s the horn.

How clever it all is!

Goda!

I�ve discovered their system!

You must relay my message very carefully to Morcant now.

Oh, and tell him also, that I keep my faith.

There�s a defence system of ropes surrounding the village.

Now, if anyone treads on them, they set off the alarm.

Goda!

Where have you been?

For a walk. � Come with me.

No, Kai! � We can walk through the forest...

I must help Selvira prepare the supper.

You work too hard.

You deserve some... � I deserve you.

The abbot could be delayed.

He might be sick and not come at all.

And she did say she deserved me.

And it would be discourteous to keep a lady waiting.

So she shall have what she deserves.

Goda. Goda!

We attack from there.

She�s gone!

Goda? Perhaps she went down to the lake, to bathe.

Taking all her belongings with her? She�s left the village, gone!

She can�t have gone! Where was the smoke? Where was the warning?

Does she know about the signals? � Not from me.

She must have known!

And now, who else knows?

Go back to your horse, ride to the village,

and tell King Athel that Arthur has betrayed us, led us into a trap.

But that we fought gallantly and victory will be ours this day.

But, Morcant... � Go!

Not one man, woman or child is to remain alive.

Attack!

Attack, I say!

There�s too many of them.

Tarn has explained that... � Heh! Tarn!

Where is Tarn?

He�s safe. Unharmed.

And he has explained that Morcant cheated you.

Hold your sword!

We are not enemies! � Enemies we are!

And enemies we shall be!

Enemies? � I have been brought word,

that Kai, your Saxon friend,

has killed Morcant.

Morcant cheated you, and would�ve killed me!

And you, who has sat at my table,

ate my food and drank my wine and clasped my hand in friendship!

You came to my village with sword in hand, seeking vengeance.

You came as an enemy!

Now you leave as an enemy!

Liar! Li...

And what of Athel?

Athel knew nothing of the attack.

And what of your traitor?

She got what she deserved.