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Chapter XIV

           “Wewillbewiththeeinthisquarrel,”saidtheyall;“andifthequeenbesentencedtothefire,wecertainlywillsaveher.”

           MeanwhileSirModred,ingreatfearandpain,fledfromthecourt,androdeuntilhefoundKingArthur,andtoldhimallthathadbefallen.ButthekingwouldscarcebelievehimtillhecameandsawthebodiesofSirAgravaineandalltheotherknights.

           Thenfeltheinhimselfthatallwastrue,andwithhispassinggriefhisheartnighbroke.“Alas!”criedhe,“nowisthefellowshipoftheRoundTableforeverbroken:yea,woeisme!Imaynotwithmyhonoursparemyqueen.”

           AnonitwasordainedthatQueenGuinevereshouldbeburnedtodeath,becauseshehaddishonouredKingArthur.

           ButwhenSirGawainheardthereof,hecamebeforetheking,andsaid,“Mylord,Icounseltheebenottoohastyinthismatter,butstaythejudgmentofthequeenaseason,foritmaywellbethatSirLancelotwasinherchamberfornoevil,seeingsheisgreatlybeholdentohimforsomanydeedsdoneforhersake,andperadventureshehadsenttohimtothankhim,anddiditsecretlythatshemightavoidslander.”

           ButKingArthuranswered,fullofgrief,“Alas!Imaynothelpher;sheisjudgedasanyotherwoman.”

           ThenherequiredSirGawainandhisbrethren,SirGaherisandSirGareth,tobereadytobearthequeento-morrowtotheplaceofexecution.

           “Nay,noblelord,”repliedSirGawain,“thatcanIneverdo;forneitherwillmyheartsuffermetoseethequeendie,norshallmeneversayIwasofyourcounselinthismatter.

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