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“ Nobody has been here except me , ” he said . “ If you are lying , I’ll have you whipped ! ” said Mellicene . She told the Lady Guinevere , but Guinevere only laughed at her . Some days later they both saw the golden - haired knight from the window . They hurried down , and again they found only the gardener’s boy . But this time his golden collar was lying on the edge of the fountain . “ Give this back to its owner , ” said Guinevere . “ And tell him that a true knight does not hide in a lady’s garden . ” All day she wondered about it . Then she had an idea . She sent for the gardener’s boy and asked him to bring her a basket of roses . He came in with the roses , but he was wearing his cap . “ How dare you wear your cap in front of the King’s daughter ? ” cried the maids . “ I can’t take off my cap , ” he said , “ because I have an ugly spot on my head . ” “ Then bring me the roses , ” said Guinevere . But when he came near , she quickly pulled the cap off his head . In a moment a noble young knight with golden hair stood in front of them . He dropped the basket , and the roses fell all over the floor . None of the maids knew that he was the King . But Guinevere remembered the wounded knight in the forest . She laughed and threw the cap back to him . “ Go , you gardener’s boy with an ugly spot on your head , ” she said . He put on the cap without a word and went out . After that she laughed at him every time she saw him . “ Look , ” she said loudly , “ there is the gardener’s boy with the ugly spot on his head . ” But secretly she told her maids to say nothing about what they saw . VI . The White Champion Soon King Ryence and Duke Mordaunt arrived with many knights . They put up their tents in front of the castle . “ Give me the lands , and give the Lady Guinevere to my cousin , ” King Ryence told King Leodegrance . “ You have five days to answer . ” “ And I will fight any of your knights who says she should not be mine , ” said the Duke . The next morning the Duke rode up and down in front of the castle in full armour . “ Is nobody coming out to fight me ? ” he shouted . Nobody came . The people watched from the walls in shame , and Ryence’s men laughed at them . At last the gardener’s boy could not stand it any longer . He put down his spade and went secretly to Ralph of Cardiff , a rich merchant in the town . There he took off his cap and showed Ralph his royal ring . “ Lend me your best armour , ” he said , “ so that I can fight the Duke . ” The merchant dressed him in fine armour . Everything was white , even the shield and the horse .
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