“Janet,” he said, “up until now I’ve been a completely worthless cad for my entire life: a drunkard, a liar, a womanizer, a thief—”
“Bit of a slob, too.”
“As you say. And yet nothing in the forest seemed out of place, nothing unusual had occurred lately, and no omens had appeared. xxx sex But Janet, still prepared by Tam Lin’s coaching, seized the snake behind its and kissed it. “I sure as hell hope not, I’m not cut out to be a father. “Is it Sir Guyon?”
“Not unless he’s in the mood to pick flowers.”
Tam Lin slid down the trunk. But he felt her eyes on him. “Ah,” he said, “looks like I have some flower picking of my own to do. Tam Lin seemed to think that magic would not work on her, but he also admitted that the Queen’s powers were far beyond his, and you never could be sure what magic was going to do anyway. Tam Lin sat on a low tree branch, eating an apple and twirling her wedding ring around his finger. That would solve everything.”
“What would you have to do?”
“All I need is for a good-hearted, virtuous, steadfast woman to fall completely in love with me.” He smiled. Her arms went weak and she lay facedown with her backside arched in the air. Her father paced the room and chewed his nails.
