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Chapter XII
Thenforhalfayeartheydwelttogetherintheship,andservedGodnightanddaywithalltheirpowers,andwenttomanyunknownislands,wherenonebutwildbeastshaunted,andtherefoundmanystrangeandperilousadventures.
Anduponatimetheycametotheedgeofaforest,beforeacrossofstone,andsawaknightarmedallinwhite,leadingawhitehorse.Thentheknightsalutedthem,andsaidtoGalahad,“Yehavebeenlongtimeenoughwithyourfather;now,therefore,leavehimandridethishorsetillyeachievetheHolyQuest.”
ThenwentSirGalahadtohisfatherandkissedhimfullcourteously,andsaid,“Fairfather,IknownotwhenIshallseetheeagain.”
Andashetookhishorseavoicespakeintheirhearing,“Yeshallmeetnomoreinthislife.”
“Now,myson,SirGalahad,”saidSirLancelot,“sincewemustsopartandseeeachothernevermore,IpraytheHighFatherofHeaventopreservebothyouandme.”
Thentheybadefarewell,andSirGalahadenteredtheforest,andSirLancelotreturnedtotheship,andthewindroseanddrovehimmorethanamonththroughthesea,wherebyhesleptbutlittle,yeteverprayedthathemightseetheSangreal.
Soitbefelluponacertainmidnight,themoonshiningclear,hecamebeforeafairandrichcastle,whereoftheposterngatewasopentowardsthesea,havingnokeepersavetwolionsintheentry.
AnonSirLancelotheardavoice:“Leavenowthyshipandgowithinthecastle,andthoushaltseeapartofthydesire.
