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Then the Lady of the Lake came in . She took her necklace back from Pellias and hung it round her own neck . She drew out the spear point and gave him a magic drink . He opened his eyes and saw her , and he loved her at once . “ Now you are half human and half fairy , ” she said . “ Will you come and live with me ? ” And he gladly agreed . When Gawaine heard that Pellias was dying , he cried , “ First I betrayed my friend , and now I have killed him ! ” He rode after him alone . A pale blue light led him through the dark forest to a plain full of flowers beside a still lake . There he saw Pellias and the Lady of the Lake . “ Forgive me ! ” cried Gawaine . “ Don’t touch me , ” said Pellias in a strange , clear voice . “ I am not what I was . But I forgive you , and I give you my love . Go back to King Arthur’s court and make peace with the Queen . ” Then Pellias and the lady rode into the lake , and they were gone . Gawaine stood there for a long time , crying . He went back to Camelot and made peace with the Queen , as his friend asked . And the Lady Ettard married Sir Engamore after all . XIII . Sir Gawaine’s Wedding One spring day King Arthur wanted an adventure . So he rode out secretly with his squire , Boisenard . They got lost in the forest , and at night they came to a grim castle . An old knight with a white beard was sitting at a feast . After supper he said , “ Let us have some sport . You may try to cut off my head . If I live , I may try to cut off yours . ” Arthur did not want anyone to think he was afraid , so he agreed . He drew Excalibur and struck , and the knight’s head flew across the hall . But the body did not fall . It picked up the head and put it back on , and the knight was as well as before ! Everyone laughed . Then it was Arthur’s turn . The knight laid his cold sword on Arthur’s neck again and again , but he did not strike . “ You are brave , ” he said at last . “ I will give you a year and a day if you promise to come back . And if you can answer my riddle then , I will let you live . What does a woman want most of all in the world ? ” For a whole year Arthur asked everyone that question . People said riches , beauty or fine clothes , but no answer seemed right . The day before he had to return , he found a hut in the forest . An old woman was sitting by the fire , and he had never seen anyone so ugly . “ I know the answer , ” she said . “ But first you must promise me one thing . I will marry one of your knights , and I will choose him . ” Arthur thought , “ If I die , what will happen to my kingdom ? ” So he promised . “ A woman wants most of all to have her own way , ” she said . “ And that knight is an evil magician . His life is not in his body . It is in a crystal ball inside the locket around his neck . ”
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