III
“The assembly of knights will begin to-morrow in this launde that is so fair. There will be knights in plenty, and the prize will be the Circlet of Gold. Now shall we see who will do best. The assembly will last three whole days, and of one thing at least you may well make boast between you and your comrade, that you have the fairest hostel and the most pleasant and the most quiet of any knights at the assembly.”
The younger damsel looketh at King Arthur. “And you,” saith she, “What will you do? Will you be as strange toward us as Messire Gawain is friendly with others?”