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           ButArthurcriedaloud,“Alas!mineowndearfatherandmybrother,whykneelyethustome?”

           “Nay,myLordArthur,”answeredthenSirEctor,“weareofnoblood-kinshipwiththee,andlittlethoughIthoughthowhighthykinmightbe,yetwastthounevermorethanfoster-childofmine.”Andthenhetoldhimallheknewabouthisinfancy,andhowastrangerhaddeliveredhim,withagreatsumofgold,intohishandstobebroughtupandnourishedashisownbornchild,andthenhaddisappeared.

           ButwhenyoungArthurheardofit,hefelluponSirEctor’sneck,andwept,andmadegreatlamentation,“Fornow,”saidhe,“Ihaveinonedaylostmyfatherandmymotherandmybrother.”

           “Sir,”saidSirEctorpresently,“whenthoushaltbemadekingbegoodandgraciousuntomeandmine.”

           “Ifnot,”saidArthur,“Iwerenotrueman’ssonatall,forthouartheinalltheworldtowhomIowethemost;andmygoodladyandmother,thywife,hatheverkeptandfosteredmeasthoughIwereherown;soifitbeGod’swillthatIbekinghereafterasthousayest,desireofmewhateverthingthouwiltandIwilldoit;andGodforbidthatIshouldfailtheeinit.”

           “Iwillbutpray,”repliedSirEctor,“thatthouwiltmakemysonSirKey,thyfoster-brother,seneschalofallthelands.”

           “Thatshallhebe,”saidArthur;“andnevershallanotherholdthatoffice,savethyson,whileheandIdolive.”

           Anon,theyleftthechurchandwenttothearchbishoptotellhimthattheswordhadbeenachieved.