I wondered what Accolon would think of me; I had all but pledged myself to him, and before that night fell I had been publicly promised to his father! I had no chance to ask. Arthur was as white as his shirt. You spoke but now of God and Christ, but no Christian king allows private vengeance to be taken by the sword before his throne of justice. Gwenhwyfar remembered this conversation, months after, on the morning of her dream.
y are sworn, said Arthur, but later that day, indeed, a knight rode up the track to Camelot, and they saw that it was Gawaine. He said, Since my message is useless, and I suppose the sisters will wish to take shelter within th Tonight you shall not sleep here, but in a pavilion near the woods, and Lancelet shall have a message that Gwenhwyfar has come and has sent for him. ay and it is late, so for tonight the first command I give you is to be a good girl, and go and have supper and a bath and go to your bed.
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