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XII . Sir Gawaine and Sir Pellias At Camelot , meanwhile , Sir Gawaine was playing a lute in the Queen’s garden . The Queen’s greyhound jumped up at him with dirty feet . Gawaine hit it on the head . “ Why do you hit my dog , sir ? ” called Guinevere from her window . “ Your dog insulted me , ” said Gawaine , “ and I hit anyone who does that . ” They quarrelled , and at last the Queen sent him away from her court . So he rode off with his cousin Ewaine . In the Forest of Adventure the Lady of the Lake appeared to them . She led them to a hill . From there they saw a knight in red armour fighting many knights at once . Then they saw him give himself up and ride away tied to his horse . “ That is your adventure , Sir Gawaine , ” said the lady , and she vanished . In a tent nearby Gawaine found Sir Pellias , and Pellias told him everything . “ She has bewitched you , ” said Gawaine . “ Give me your armour . I will tell her I beat you , and then she will let me in . I will find out the truth . ” So Gawaine rode to the castle in the red armour . Ettard believed his story and took him in with great honour . But she was wearing the magic necklace . As Gawaine looked at it , his heart went out to her . He forgot his friend . At supper they laughed together and drank from the same golden cup . Meanwhile Pellias began to worry . He dressed as a monk in a black robe and came secretly to the castle . From behind a curtain he saw Gawaine and Ettard together . He stepped forward and threw back his hood . He pulled the necklace from Ettard’s neck . “ This is mine , ” he said . Then he struck Gawaine across the face with the back of his hand . “ You are false to your friend and to your knighthood , ” he said , and he left . Without the necklace , Ettard’s magic was gone , and Gawaine saw what he had done . He was full of shame and anger , and the next morning he challenged Pellias . They rode at each other . Pellias threw Gawaine to the ground so hard that he lay as if dead . “ He got what he deserved , ” said Pellias , and he rode away into the forest . But nobody knew the truth . The point of Gawaine’s spear was deep in Pellias’s side . In the forest Pellias could not hide his pain any longer . Parcenet found him there . She took him to the old hermit who had once cared for King Arthur . “ He will die very soon , ” said the hermit sadly .
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