beloved with this lady of all that be here, for I see

well he paineth himself and enforceth him to do great

deeds, and therefore, said Sir Launcelot, as for me,

this day he shall have the honour; though it lay in my

power to put him from it, I would not.

There was an unpleasant little episode that day, which for reasons of state I struck out of my priest’s report. You will have noticed that Garry was doing some great fighting in the engagement. When I say Garry I mean Sir Gareth. Garry was my private pet name for him; it suggests that I had a deep affection for him, and that was the case. But it was a private pet name only, and never spoken aloud to any one, much less to him;