Originally it was Medrawd, a good old Welsh name, meaning something like "capable" or "skilful"; my mother, being a Cornish woman, called me Modred. The French slipped another R in after the fact, either by conflating me with my aunt Morgan or, God knows, out of sheer laziness. But by now everyone's used to that version, even me ( Read more... )

( He will almost certainly die for it. )

( I'm losing him. )

( I'm not the one to judge. )

( Okay, in all earnest? )

( I swear I didn't put those things down a minute ago, and now can I find them? )

( Her husband comes in as she finishes the packing. )

( My mother told lies as easily as she breathed, and almost as often. )

FROM:    M****** Morgan
TO:      K****
DATE:    Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 1:41 AM
SUBJECT: Re: Quote of the Day

( Fixed that for you. )

( Nothing human lived this deep in the wilderness; that was all the reason Mordred had come this way, but he felt eyes on him nevertheless. )