against him." is, and he repaireth to an island that is under the castle of the Queen "And how nigh is this to the sea?" saith Messire Gawain. hath he entered the Queen's castle even once, but from that time forth avoided throughout all the kingdoms. The Queen of the Maidens is right stricken down all the proud in such sort that he is dreaded and warily by me, and the knight, all armed, within, and meseemed he was of right of the Maidens, from whence he chased an uncle of his that warred upon is hard by here, where the ship runneth oftentimes wherein the knight the castle, and the other knights that he had chased thence and slain hath rather rowed about the sea and searched all the islands and can well tell you never was knight so dreaded in this kingdom as is he. have gone forth to my toil, many a time have I seen the ship run close repair thither for the knight, for they dread his hardiment and his him of very love, that and he should come and she might keep him so great comeliness, and had as passing proud a look as any lion. But I great might, sith that they know well they might not long endure him. Nor never sithence that he hath chased his uncle from the island, "Sir," saith the hermit, "It is not more than two leagues Welsh. When I were helping his uncle, so that now the castle is made sure. And the sorrowful for that he cometh not to her castle, for so dear she holdeth "Sir," saith the hermit, "It is scarce more than a twelvemonth." "Sir," saith Messire Gawain, "Is it so long a space sithence that he hath haunted the sea?" knights that might flee from this forest and this kingdom durst not that he should never issue forth again, she would sooner lock him up The Queen of the Maidens would have lost her castle ere now but for