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Chapter XIII
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“ShallInotcallhimtraitor,”criedshe,“whohathwornanotherlady’stokenatthejousting?”
“Besurehedidit,madam,fornoillintent,”repliedSirBors,“butthathemightbebetterhidden,forneverdidheinthatwisebefore.”
“Nowshameonhim,andtheewhowouldesthelphim,”criedthequeen.
“Madam,saywhatyewill,”saidhe;“butImusthastetoseekhim,andGodsendmesoongoodtidingsofhim.”
SowiththathedepartedtofindSirLancelot.
NowElainehadriddenwithfullhastefromAstolat,andcometoCamelot,andthereshesoughtthroughoutthecountryforanynewsofLancelot.AndsoitchancedthatSirLavainewasridingnearthehermitagetoexercisehishorse,andwhenshesawhimsheranupandcriedaloud,“HowdothmylordSirLancelotfare?”
ThensaidSirLavaine,marvellinggreatly,“Howknowyemylord’sname,fairsister?”
SoshetoldhimhowSirGawainhadlodgedwithSirBernard,andknewSirLancelot’sshield.
Thenprayedshetoseehislordforthwith,andwhenshecametothehermitageandfoundhimlyingtheresoresickandbleeding,sheswoonedforsorrow.Anon,assherevived,SirLancelotkissedher,andsaid,“Fairmaid,Iprayyetakecomfort,for,byGod’sgrace,Ishallbeshortlywholeofthiswound,andifyebecometotendme,Iamheartilyboundentoyourgreatkindness.”YetwashesorevexedtohearSirGawainhaddiscoveredhim,forheknewQueenGuineverewouldbefullwrothbecauseoftheredsleeve.
