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18 - Part 2 Story 10 Sir Lancelot Meets Sir Galahad And They Part For Ever · Tales Of King Arthur And The Round Table

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  Speaker 1: Part two, Story ten of Tales of King Arthur and
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  Speaker 1: the Round Table by Andrew Lang. This LibriVox recording is
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  Speaker 1: in the public domain. Part two, story ten Sir Launcelot
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  Speaker 1: meets Sir Galahad and they part forever. Now we must
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  Speaker 1: tell what happened to Sir Launcelot when he was come
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  Speaker 1: to a water named Mortois. He fell asleep a waiting
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  Speaker 1: for the adventure that should be sent to him, And
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  Speaker 1: in his sleep a voice spoke to him and bade
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  Speaker 1: him rise and take his armor and enter the first
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  Speaker 1: ship he should find. So he started up and took
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  Speaker 1: his arms and made him ready, and on the strand
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  Speaker 1: he found a ship that was without sail or oar.
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  Speaker 1: As soon as he was within the ship, he felt
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  Speaker 1: himself wrapped round with a sweetness such as he had
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  Speaker 1: never known before, as if all that he could desire
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  Speaker 1: was fulfilled. And with this joy and peace about him,
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  Speaker 1: he fell asleep. When he woke, he found near him
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  Speaker 1: a fair bed with a dead lady lying on it,
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  Speaker 1: whom he knew to be Sir Percivale's sister. And in
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  Speaker 1: her hand was the tale of her adventures, which Sir
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  Speaker 1: Launcelot took and read for a month or more they
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  Speaker 1: dwelt in that ship together, and one day, when it
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  Speaker 1: had drifted near the shore, he heard a sound as
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  Speaker 1: of a horse, and when the steps came nearer, he
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  Speaker 1: saw that a knight was riding him at the side
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  Speaker 1: of the ship. The knight alighted and took the saddle
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  Speaker 1: and bridle and entered the ship. You are welcome, said Launcelot,
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  Speaker 1: and the knight saluted him and said, what is your name?
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  Speaker 1: For my heart go without to you truly, answered he.
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  Speaker 1: My name is Sir Launcelot du Lake. Sir, said the
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  Speaker 1: new knight. You are welcome, for you are my father.
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  Speaker 1: Ah cried Sir Launcelot. Is it youth in Galahad? Yes,
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  Speaker 1: in sooth, said he, and kneeled down and asked Launcelot's blessing,
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  Speaker 1: and then took off his helm and kissed him. And
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  Speaker 1: there was great joy between them, and they told each
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  Speaker 1: other all that had befallen them since they left King
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  Speaker 1: Arthur's court. Then Galahad saw the gentlewoman dead on the bed,
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  Speaker 1: and he knew her and said he held her in
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  Speaker 1: great worship, and that she was the best maid in
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  Speaker 1: the world, And how it was a great pity that
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  Speaker 1: she should come to her death. But when Launcelot heard
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  Speaker 1: that Galahad had won the marvelous sword, he prayed that
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  Speaker 1: he might see it, and kissed the pommel and the
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  Speaker 1: hilt and the scabbard. In truth, he said, never did
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  Speaker 1: I know of adventure so wonderful and strange. So dwelt
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  Speaker 1: Launcelot and Galahad in that ship for half a year
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  Speaker 1: and served God daily and nightly with all their power.
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  Speaker 1: And after six months had gone it befell that on
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  Speaker 1: a Monday, they drifted to the edge of the forest,
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  Speaker 1: where they saw a knight with white armor, bestriding one
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  Speaker 1: horse and holding another, all white by the bridle. And
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  Speaker 1: he came to the ship and saluted the two knights,
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  Speaker 1: and said, Galahad, you have been long enough with your father.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore leave that ship and start upon this horse and
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  Speaker 1: go on the quest of the Holy Grail. So Galahad
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  Speaker 1: went to his father and kissed him, saying, fair, sweet father,
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  Speaker 1: I know not if I shall see you more till
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  Speaker 1: I have beheld the Holy Grail. Then they heard a
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  Speaker 1: voice which said the one shall never see the other
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  Speaker 1: till the day of doom. Now Galahad said, Sir Launcelot,
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  Speaker 1: since we are to bid farewell forever now, I pray
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  Speaker 1: to the Great Father to preserve you and me both,
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  Speaker 1: Sir answered Galahad. No prayer availeth so much as yours.
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  Speaker 1: The next day, Sir Launcelot made his way back to Camelot,
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  Speaker 1: where he found King Arthur and Guinevere. But many of
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  Speaker 1: the knights of the Round Table were slain and destroyed
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  Speaker 1: more than the half All the court was passing glad
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  Speaker 1: to see Sir Launcelot, and the King asked many tidings
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  Speaker 1: of his son, Sir Galahad, and of Part two, Story
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