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Chapter XI
ButSirBleoberissaid,“Hearkentome,goodknight,SirTristram,becauseKingMarkgavemefreechoiceofanygift,andbecausethisladychosetogowithme,Itookher;butnowIhavefulfilledmyquestandmyadventure,andforthysakesheshallbesentbacktoherhusbandattheabbeywherehelieth.”
SoSirTristramrodebacktoTintagil,andSirBleoberistotheabbeywhereSirSegwarideslaywounded,andtheredelivereduphislady,anddepartedasanobleknight.
AfterthisadventureSirTristramabodestillathisuncle’scourt,tillintheenvyofhisheartKingMarkdevisedaplantoberidofhim.SoonacertaindayhedesiredhimtodepartagainforIreland,andtheredemandLaBelleIsaultonhisbehalf,tobehisqueen—foreverhadSirTristrampraisedherbeautyandhergoodness,tillKingMarkdesiredtowedherforhimself.Moreover,hebelievedhisnephewsurelywouldbeslainbythequeen’skindredifheoncewerefoundagaininIreland.
ButSirTristram,scorningfear,madereadytodepart,andtookwithhimthenoblestknightsthatcouldbefound,arrayedintherichestfashion.
AndwhentheywerecometoIreland,uponacertaindaySirTristramgavehisuncle’smessage,andKingAnguishconsentedthereto.
ButwhenLaBelleIsaultwastoldthetidingsshewasverysorrowfulandloth—yetmadeshereadytosetforthwithSirTristram,andtookwithherDameBragwaine,herchiefgentlewoman.
