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Thereupon the burgess alighteth and mounteth upon Messire Gawain's horse, and Messire Gawain upon his, and taketh leave of the burgess and goeth his way and entereth into a right great forest beyond the city, and rideth until sundown and findeth neither castle nor city.
Perceval alighteth and setteth him on his knees before the cross and so hisseth and adoreth it, and the place where the beast was slain, in like manner as he had seen the knight and damsel do; and there came to him a smell so sweet of the cross and of the place, such as no sweetness may be compared therewith.
And Messire Gawain cometh thitherward and alighteth, and a knight cometh down the steps of the hall right poorly clad. "Sir," saith the knight to Messire Gawain, "Welcome may you be!" After that, he taketh him by the hand and leadeth him upward to the hall, that was all waste.
He rideth until he cometh to the castle and seeth right great throng of folk, knights and dames and damsels. Messire Gawain alighteth, but findeth in the castle none that is willing to take his reins, so busied are they making merry.
He seeth Messire Gawain, and cometh to meet him, and Messire Gawain alighteth. "Sir," saith the hermit, "Welcome may you be." "God grant you the joy of Paradise," saith Messire Gawain. The hermit maketh his horse be stabled of a squire, and then taketh him by the hand and maketh him sit beside him to look on the orchard. "Sir," saith the hermit, "Now may you see that whereof I was making cheer."
Thereupon Messire Gawain entereth into the courtyard and alighteth, and the lady cometh to meet him and saith to him: "May you be come to joy and good adventure." "Lady," saith he, "May you also have honour and good adventure." The lady taketh him by the hand and leadeth him into the hall and maketh him be seated on a cushion of straw. And a squire leadeth his horse to stable.
Perceval looketh on him as he that loveth him not, and cometh toward him as hard as his horse may carry him, and smiteth him right through the breast so strongly that he beareth to the ground him and his horse together all in a heap. He alighteth to the ground and draweth his sword. "How?" saith the Lord of the Moors, "Would you then slay me and put me in worse plight than I am?"
The dwarf that had stolen his horse cometh to the robber knights, and crieth to them, "Up, Sirs, and haste you to come and avenge you of your mortal enemy that sent the best of your kindred out of the world with such shame! See, here is his horse that I bring you for a token!" He alighteth of the horse, and giveth him up to them. Right joyous are the robbers of the tidings he telleth them.
Thereupon the Widow Lady ariseth up and her daughter likewise, and they go over the bridge of the castle and see Messire Gawain that was yet looking on the coffin within the chapel. "Now haste!" saith the Lady; "At the tomb shall we be well able to see whether it be he!" They go to the chapel right speedily, and Messire Gawain seeth them coming and alighteth.
Perceval departeth from the squire and rideth until they that were at the entrance of the gateway espied him. They saw the Red Cross that he bare on his shield, and said to the Queen, "Lady, a Christian knight is coming into this castle." "Take heed," saith she, "that it be not he that is about to overthrow our Law!" Perceval cometh thither and alighteth, and cometh before the Queen all armed.
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