What had followed was a long, arduous fight that Arthur had been stuck in the middle of, but as much as Morgana had railed, Uther had remained firm, and thus a series of "auditions" began. The second they returned from Cornwall, Uther had sat Morgana in front of him and explained that he had whittled her marriage prospects down to two dozen men and if she did not choose one to become engaged to so she could be married next Season, the choice would be made for her. The men who Arthur had seen coming and going from the house had not been, as he assumed, the usual business or political contacts, but rather marriage prospects. But as usual, at the mere mention of 'marriage' Morgana had scoffed, declaring Arthur so obsessed with marriage that he was not content to plot simply his own, but had to foist the institution upon her as well, and so Arthur had held his council.īut Uther had not been idle while Morgana frittered away the season.
Arthur had warned Morgana that if she did not take the imminent threat of marriage seriously instead of ignoring it in favor of magic lessons, Uther would make her decision for her. He had made it clear that he wished for Morgana to get married as soon and as advantageously as possible, and he quite obviously had decided that it was not happening as rapidly as he desired. When his mind was made up, it was truly made up.
If one thing could be said for Uther Pendragon, it was that he was a decisive man.
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