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 death from his hand than from the hand of any other; and though he should slay me, yet will I speak to him, lest I should have the misery to witness his death.' So she waited for Geraint until he came near to her. 'Lord,' said she, 'didst thou hear the words of those men concerning thee?' Then he lifted up his eyes, and looked at her angrily. 'Thou hadst only,' said he, 'to hold thy peace as I bad thee. I wish but for silence, and not for warning. (pp. 103-106.)

In December, 1869, Tennyson gave to the world four new Idylls, "The Coming of Arthur," "The Holy Grail," "Pelleas and Ettarre," and the "Passing of Arthur." "The Morte d' Arthur," first published in 1842, was, as we have already mentioned, inwoven into the last of these. "The Last Tournament" (originally published in the "Contemporary Review,"