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Chapter X
Andwhenhehadtakenoffhisarmour,theduchessandherladiesmadehimpassinggoodcheer.Andaftersupperhisbedwasmadeinthehall,andthereherestedthatnight.Onthemorrowheroseandheardmass,andhavingbrokenhisfast,tookhisleaveanddeparted.
AndasherodepastacertainmountaintheremethimaknightnamedSirBendelaine,andcrieduntohim“Thoushaltnotpassunlessthoujoustwithmeorbemyprisoner!”“Thenwillwejoust,”repliedSirGareth.Sotheylettheirhorsesrunatfullspeed,andSirGarethsmoteSirBendelainethroughhisbodysosorelythathescarcelyreachedhiscastleerehefelldead.AndasSirGarethpresentlycamebythecastle,SirBendelaine’sknightsandservantsrodeouttorevengetheirlord.Andtwentyofthemfellonhimatonce,althoughhisspearwasbroken.Butdrawinghisswordheputhisshieldbeforehim.Andthoughtheybraketheirspearsuponhim,oneandall,andsorelypressedonhim,yeteverhedefendedhimselflikeanobleknight.Anon,findingtheycouldnotovercomehim,theyagreedtoslayhishorse;andhavingkilleditwiththeirspears,theysetuponSirGarethashefoughtonfoot.Buteveryonehestruckheslew,anddraveatthemwithfearfulblows,tillhehadslainthemallbutfour,whofled.Thentakingthehorseofoneofthosethatlaytheredead,herodeuponhisway.
Anonhecametoanothercastleandheardfromwithinasoundasofmanywomenmoaningandweeping.
