at your pleasure, and now you are fain to go in this fashion." "They may say their pleasure," saith he, "for it is their right. I know without doing aught further. And the knights come before him: "Sir," misease on your account and left you the tent and all that is therein shield on his neck and his spear in his fist, as he that thinketh to go "By my faith," saith the dwarf, "Methinketh this is not he that shall "It is meet I should requite you of my victual and the honour of the tent." "What pleaseth it you that I should do?" saith Messire Gawain. do away the evil custom whereby we lose the coming hither of knights! Thereupon, lo you, where two knights come in front of the tent on their not to whom to render thanks for the good lodging that I have had save spear in his fist. And he cometh toward Messire Gawain full career and them much thanks thereof." Thereupon, lo you, where the two damsels come that were of right great horses, all armed, and see Messire Gawain that was mounted and had his Albeit if he may do it, I will forego mine ill will toward him." Messire Gawain thus heard himself mocked by day as well as by night and XI. was upon his horse all armed, his shield on his neck and grasping his fight. One of the knights drew to backward and was alighted; the other beauty. "Sir Knight," say they, "Now shall we see whether you be King to God, and if I shall see the lord of the tent or the lady I shall con say they, "Pay for your lodging! Last night did we put ourselves to Arthur's nephew!" had great shame thereof. He seeth that he may not depart without a is so churlish as they say."