Teaser Tuesday #153

Ed ecco di nuovo la rubrica settimanale Teaser Tuesday, creata dal blog Should Be Reading, che si divide in poche, semplici fasi:
1_ prendi il libro che stai leggendo
2_ apri una pagina a caso
3_ scrivi un breve brano (stando attenti a non spoilerare)
4_ scrivi titolo e autore

"He looks just like you. Just like you."
Many of the knights around the table nodded in agreement, and Arthur told them he was Lancelot's son. They seemed to accept that, unwilling to count out years on their fingers. I did not like all the talk of sons and children, did not like to hear the words. I could, besides, feel Arthur looking at me, any time those words were said, as though he were afraid I might be upset. It only made it worse. When Galahad spoke to confirm Arthur's words, and introduce himself to them, Kay caught me with his eyes, and his look was unreadable. I felt as though he was taking the measure of me, somehow. I did not know what he could be looking for.
It was decided that three weeks would be given for knights to decide whether they would take up the quest for the Grail, and we would feast again in three weeks' tome, and those who pledged themself to the quest would go.
That night, as I was falling asleep, Arthur sudendly spoke.
"There are times when I wish I was not the king." I murmured in sympathy, drifting on the edge of sleep. "I can't turn away this quest, but I don't want to lose my best knight to it. They won't all come back alive, probably not even most of them. And, I will never see the Grail, won't be healed of any of my sins."
He was silent for a long time, and I wondered if he had fallen back asleep, but then he said very softly.
"I have killed so many men."
 - Guinevere: a medioeval romance, Lavinia Collins