And what did he think of it? This was no time for evasion; he must make up his mind. A question had been presented to him; he must meet it fairly.
Who had asked this question?
It had come to him in the course of events, but not through events alone.
For when events, which are ever changing, ask us a question, immutable justice summons us to answer.
Behind the cloud that casts the shadow is the star that sheds the light.
We can no more escape the light than the shadow.
Gauvain was undergoing an interrogatory.
He had been arraigned before a judge.
An awe-inspiring presence.
His own conscience.