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           SotheyalltooktheirharnessandmettogetherinthemeadowsbyCamelot,andthequeenandallherladiessatinatowertosee.

           ThenSirGalahad,attheprayerofthekingandqueen,putonacoatoflightarmour,andahelmet,butshieldhewouldtakenone,andgraspingalance,hedroveintothemiddleofthepressofknights,andbegantobreakspearsmarvellously,sothatallmenwerefullofwonder.Andinsoshortatimehehadsurmountedandexceededtherest,saveSirLancelotandSirPercival,thathetookthechiefworshipofthefield.

           Thenthekingandallthecourtandfellowshipofknightswentbacktothepalace,andsotoevensonginthegreatminster,aroyalandgoodlycompany,andafterthatsatdowntosupperinthehall,everyknightinhisownseat,astheyhadbeenbefore.

           Anonsuddenlyburstoverheadthecrackingandcryingofgreatpealsofthunder,tillthepalacewallswereshakensorely,andtheythoughttoseethemrivenalltopieces.

           Andinthemidstoftheblastthereenteredinasunbeam,clearerbyseventimesthanevertheysawday,andamarvellousgreatgloryfelluponthemall.Theneachknight,lookingonhisneighbour,foundhisfacefairerthanhehadeverseen,andso—allstandingontheirfeet—theygazedasdumbmenoneachother,notknowingwhattosay.

           ThenenteredintothehalltheSangreal,bornealoftwithouthandsthroughthemidstofthesunbeam,andcoveredwithwhitesamite,sothatnonemightseeit.Andallthehallwasfilledwithperfumeandincense,andeveryknightwasfedwiththefoodhebestloved.