Heirs of Avalon: The passage by Béatrice Mary

Author:Béatrice Mary [Mary, Béatrice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BELLICA Publishing
Published: 2018-02-23T22:00:00+00:00

What did I do? I should never have invited her out!

I was angry with myself. My imagination had awoken desires far different from that of the merely friendly relations I wanted to maintain with Melora. With a great effort, I managed to silence them. I couldn’t forget that my mission in Paris was not Melora!

Despite these reproaches and the knowledge that I was playing a dangerous game, I couldn’t help reliving our meeting. She had grown into such an attractive young woman. Shaking my head to get her out of my thoughts, I concentrated on the present and hurried to meet the professor Deen before the conference started.

“Here’s your permission slip to get into the library,” he said, handing me a cardboard pass. “Are you ready?”

“I’m ready,” I answered nonchalantly. “The library doesn’t close until eight, so I’ll head there right after the conference and find the manuscript.”

Deen nodded and opened the door to the amphitheater.

After the conference, I slipped out and headed to the library. On entering the room dedicated to Antiquity and the Middle Ages, I was surprised at how many students were there. The library catalogue was voluminous, but after a few minutes it became obvious that I wasn’t going to find what I was looking for here. There was nothing about a work referring to Merlin’s work. Frustrated, I set to thinking about the quote again. “Merlin is to be found where knowledge sleeps. Taliesin will reveal him.”

And yet, after so much research, I’d been sure I would find what I was looking for here. I repeated it again in my head: Merlin is to be found where knowledge sleeps. Taliesin will reveal him.

I decided to consult William Taliesin’s book again. I’d already looked through the copy in the Cambridge library but hadn’t found anything; perhaps the edition here would give me new information. The book was available but could not be loaned out, as it was an original edition. I could only examine it in the Rare Book room. The reference librarian insisted on credentials or supporting documents in order to let me to consult the book. I gave her my pass, but had nothing else in the way of authorization, so when she refused, I had to use an obedience spell on her, even though I hated forcing people to do what I wanted – it made me uncomfortable. After I mentally pronounced the spell, she changed her mind and walked with me up the big staircase to the fourth floor. She left me in a room there, and thirty minutes later came back with the manuscript, a big smile on her face.

Apparently I had been very lucky. The document was usually kept in a crypt and required four hours’ notice to be consulted, but someone had requested it that morning, so it was still on hand.

“Can you tell me if the person who reserved it has already been here?”

“Not that I know of,” she said, shrugging.

She left the room and I was finally alone with the book.

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