"Lancelot," saith the lady, "Long time have I hated you on account of
the knight that I loved, whom you reft away from me and married to
another and not to me, and ofttimes have I put myself to pains to
grieve you of some ill deed for that you did to me, for never was I so
sorrowful for aught that befell me. He loved me of right great love,
and I him again, and never shall that love fail. But now is it far
further away from me than it was before, and for this bounty that you
have done, never hereafter need you fear aught of my grievance."
"Damsel," saith Lancelot, "Gramercy heartily."
He was lodged in the castle the night richly and worshipfully, and
departed thence on the morrow when he had taken leave of the damsel and
Meliot, and goeth back a great pace toward the court of King Arthur,
that was sore dismayed, for Madeglant was conquering his islands and
great part of his land. The more part of the lands that he conquered
had renounced the New Law for fear of death and held the false believe.
And Messire Gawain and many other knights were departed from King
Arthur's court for that the King trusted more in Briant of the Isles
than he did in them.