Gawain Project: The Darkest Hour, 32-35

"Duke Gorloise set his lady in Tintagel castle, which was the strongest hold in all Cornwall, being set on a headland above the pounding sea, with but one causeway leading to it from the mainland, and that so narrow that it could be held by three men against an army."
- Rosemary Sutcliff, The Sword and the Circle (1981)



We're having a four-page interlude this week, because I am annoying like that. That is to say, I did feel the need to switch back to Ygraine and the children before showing you how the battle is going. I'm not sure if that's rational, or clever, or simply annoying, as I suggested above :-). Maybe I just needed something a little bit silly (but not pointless!) to lift the gloom in which this story is soaked.

What went before:
Gorlois has sent his wife and daughters to castle Tintagil. He himself waylays King Uther in Terrabil. The battle for Ygraine has begun.

The Darkest Hour 1-3
The Darkest Hour 4-6
The Darkest Hour 7-9
The Darkest Hour 10-12
The Darkest Hour 13-15
The Darkest Hour 16-18
The Darkest Hour 19-21
The Darkest Hour 22-24
The Darkest Hour 25-27
The Darkest Hour 28-31

( Meanwhile in Tintagil... )