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Chapter XIII
ThendidSirMadoryield,andprayedhislife.
“Iwillbutgrantitthee,”saidthestrangeknight,“ifthouwiltreleasethequeenfromthisquarrelforever,andpromisethatnomentionshallbemadeuponSirPatrice’stombthateversheconsentedtothattreason.”
“Allthisshallbedone,”saidSirMador.
ThentheknightsparterstookupSirMadorandledhimtohistent,andtheotherknightwentstraighttothestairfootofKingArthur’sthrone;andbythattimewasthequeencometothekingagain,andkissedhimlovingly.
Thenboththekingandshestoopeddown,andthankedtheknight,andprayedhimtoputoffhishelmandresthim,andtotakeacupofwine.Andwhenheputhishelmetofftodrink,allpeoplesawitwasSirLancelot.Butwhenthequeenbeheldhimshesankalmosttothegroundweepingforsorrowandforjoy,thathehaddonehersuchgreatgoodnesswhenshehadshowedhimsuchunkindness.
Thentheknightsofhisbloodgatheredroundhim,andtherewasgreatjoyandmirthinthecourt.AndSirMadorandSirLancelotweresoonhealedoftheirwounds;andnotlongaftercametheLadyoftheLaketothecourt,andtoldalltherebyherenchantmentshowSirPinell,andnotthequeen,wasguiltyofSirPatrice’sdeath.Whereatthequeenwasheldexcusedofallmen,andSirPinellfledthecountry.
SoSirPatricewasburiedinthechurchofWinchester,anditwaswrittenonhistombthatSirPinellslewhimwithapoisonedapple,inerrorforSirGawain.Then,throughSirLancelot’sfavour,thequeenwasreconciledtoSirMador,andallwasforgiven.
