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Chapter X
ThensaidSirGawain,“Omybrother,foryoursakehaveIhadgreatsorrowandlabour!ButtrulyIwouldhonouryouthoughyewerenotmybrother,foryehavedonegreatworshiptoKingArthurandhiscourt,andsentmoreknightstohimthananyoftheTableRound,exceptSirLancelot.”
ThenthedamselLinetstaunchedtheirwounds,andtheirhorsesbeingwearysherodeherpalfreytoKingArthurandtoldhimofthisstrangeadventure.Whenshehadtoldhertidings,thekinghimselfmountedhishorseandbadeallcomewithhimtomeetthem.Soagreatcompanyoflordsandladieswentforthtomeetthebrothers.AndwhenKingArthursawthemhewouldhavespokenheartywords,butforgladnesshecouldnot.AndbothSirGawainandSirGarethfelldownattheiruncle’skneesanddidhimhomage,andtherewaspassinggreatjoyandgladnessamongthemall.
ThensaidthekingtothedamselLinet,“WhycomethnottheLadyLyonestovisitherknight,SirGareth,whohathhadsuchtravailforherlove?”“Sheknowethnot,mylord,thatheishere,”repliedthedamsel,“fortrulyshedesirethgreatlytoseehim.”“Goyeandbringherhither,”saidtheking.SothedamselrodetotellhersisterwhereSirGarethwas,andwhenshehearditsherejoicedfullheartilyandcamewithallthespeedshecould.AndwhenSirGarethsawher,therewasgreatjoyandcomfortbetweenthem.
ThenthekingaskedSirGarethwhetherhewouldhavethatladyforhiswife?“Mylord,”repliedSirGareth,“knowwellthatIloveheraboveallladiesliving
