The knight was inside yonder, and did a
very marvellous thing in raising the stone from the huge marble
tomb, quite unaided and without the least effort. He is bent
upon the rescue of the Queen, and doubtless he will rescue her,
as well as all the other people. You know well that this must be
so, for you have often read the inscription upon the stone. No
knight was ever born of man and woman, and no knight ever sat in
a saddle, who was the equal of this man." Then the father turns
to his son, and says: "Son, what dost thou think about him now?
Is he not a man to be respected who has performed such a feat?
Now thou knowest who was wrong, and whether it was thou or I. I
would not have thee fight with him for all the town of Amiens;
and yet thou didst struggle hard, before any one could dissuade
thee from thy purpose. Now we may as well go back, for we should
be very foolish to follow him any farther." And he replies: "I
agree to that. It would be useless to follow him. Since it is
your pleasure, let us return." They were very wise to retrace
their steps. And all the time the damsel rides close beside the
knight, wishing to compel him to give heed to her. She is
anxious to learn his name, and she begs and beseeches him again
and again to tell her, until in his annoyance he answers her:
"Have I not already told you that I belong in King Arthur's
realm? I swear by God and His goodness that you shall not learn
my name.
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