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           ”“Allavailethnot,”answeredSirBeaumains,“unlessthedamselaskmeforthylife;”andthereuponhemadeasthoughhewouldhaveslainhim.Thencriedthedamsel,“Slayhimnot;forifthoudothoushaltrepentit.”“Damsel,”saidSirBeaumains,“atthycommand,heshallobtainhislife.Arise,Sirknightofthegreenarmour,Ireleasethee!”ThentheGreenKnightkneltathisfeet,anddidhimhomagewithhiswords.“Lodgewithmethisnight,”saidhe,“andto-morrowwillIguideyethroughtheforest.”So,takingtheirhorses,theyrodetohiscastle,whichwashardby.

           YetstilldidthedamselrebukeandscoffatSirBeaumains,andwouldnotsufferhimtositathertable.“Imarvel,”saidtheGreenKnighttoher,“thatyethuschidesonobleaknight,fortrulyIknownonetomatchhim;andbesure,thatwhatsoeverheappearethnow,hewillprove,attheend,ofnoblebloodandroyallineage.”Butofallthiswouldthedamseltakenoheed,andceasednottomockatSirBeaumains.Onthemorrow,theyaroseandheardmass;andwhentheyhadbrokentheirfast,tooktheirhorsesandrodeontheirway,theGreenKnightconveyingthemthroughtheforest.Then,whenhehadledthemforawhile,hesaidtoSirBeaumains,“Mylord,mythirtyknightsandIshallalwaysbeatthycommandwhensoeverthoushaltsendforus.”“Itiswellsaid,”repliedhe;“andwhenIcalluponyou,youshallyieldyourselfandallyourknightsuntoKingArthur.”“Thatwillwegladlydo,”saidtheGreenKnight,andsodeparted.