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Chapter X
“For,”saidhe,“Ihavepromisedtoquitthecourtfortwelvemonths,thoughsureIamthatinthemeanwhileIshallbesoughtandfoundbymylordKingArthurandmanyothers.”Sohesojournedlongatthecastle.
Anontheknights,SirPerseant,SirPerimones,andSirPertolope,whomSirGarethhadoverthrown,wenttoKingArthur’scourtwithalltheknightswhodidthemservice,andtoldthekingtheyhadbeenconqueredbyaknightofhisnamedBeaumains.Andastheyyetweretalking,itwastoldthekingtherecameanothergreatlordwithfivehundredknights,who,enteringin,didhomage,anddeclaredhimselftobetheKnightoftheRedlands.“Butmytruename,”saidhe,“isIronside,andIamhithersentbyoneSirBeaumains,whoconqueredme,andchargedmetoyielduntoyourgrace.”“Thouartwelcome,”saidKingArthur,“forthouhastbeenlongafoetomeandmine,andtrulyIammuchbeholdentotheknightwhosentthee.Andnow,SirIronside,ifthouwiltamendthylifeandholdofme,Iwillentreattheeasafriend,andmaketheeKnightoftheRoundTable;butthoumaystnomorebeamurdererofnobleknights.”ThentheKnightoftheRedlandsknelttotheking,andtoldhimofhispromisetoSirBeaumainstousenevermoresuchshamefulcustoms;andhowhehadsodonebutattheprayerofaladywhomheloved.ThenknelthetoSirLancelotandSirGawain,andprayedtheirpardonforthehatredhehadbornethem.
ButthekingandallthecourtmarvelledgreatlywhoSirBeaumainswas.“For,”saidtheking,“heisafullnobleknight.
