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Chapter XI
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ThenSirTristramgaveheraring,andshegavehimanother,andafterthathelefther,weepingandlamenting,andwentamongthebarons,andopenlytookhisleaveofthemall,saying,“Fairlords,itsobefalleththatInowmustdeparthence;therefore,iftherebeanyherewhomIhaveoffendedorwhoisgrievedwithme,lethimnowsayit,andbeforeIgoIwillamendittotheutmostofmypower.Andiftherebebutonewhowouldspeakshameofmebehindmyback,lethimsayitnowornever,andhereismybodytoproveiton—bodyagainstbody.”
Andallstoodstillandsaidnoword,thoughsometherewereofthequeen’skindredwhowouldhaveassailedhimhadtheydared.
SoSirTristramdepartedfromIrelandandtooktheseaandcamewithafairwindtoTintagil.AndwhenthenewscametoKingMarkthatSirTristramwasreturned,healedofhiswound,hewaspassingglad,andsowereallhisbarons.Andwhenhehadvisitedthekinghisuncle,herodetohisfather,KingMeliodas,andtherehadalltheheartiestwelcomethatcouldbemadehim.Andboththekingandqueengavelargelytohimoftheirlandsandgoods.
AnonhecameagaintoKingMark’scourt,andtherelivedingreatjoyandpleasure,tillwithinawhilethekinggrewjealousofhisfame,andoftheloveandfavourshownhimbyalldamsels.AndaslongasKingMarklived,heneverafterlovedSirTristram,thoughtherewasmuchfairspeechbetweenthem.
