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And when she had come to the tent and saw Sir Pelleas, she loved him. 'I will send him to sleep, she murmured, 'and when he wakes he will be well. And she threw an enchantment over him, and he slept. When Sir Pelleas awoke, he felt strong once more, and at last he knew that the cruel Lady Ettarde had never been the lady of his dreams, and he loved her no longer.
He remembered the happy days he had spent as they rode together through the forest, and he looked forward to other happy days in the open air, when he could again shield the lady from the roughness of the road. But when the Lady Ettarde saw that Sir Pelleas was following her into her own country, she was angry. 'I will not have the knight near me, she said proudly to her ladies.
Then her ladies were angry, as they saw how she mocked the knight, for they knew that greater and fairer ladies would have loved Sir Pelleas for his strength and great knightliness. 'I will go back to my own country, said the Lady Ettarde, 'and see my faithful knight no more. When Pelleas heard that the Lady Ettarde was going home he was glad.
'I will have an older warrior for my love. And they knew their lady's cruel ways, and in pity kept the knight away. As they rode along the days seemed long to Pelleas, for he neither saw nor spoke to the Lady Ettarde. When she got near her own castle, she rode on more swiftly, telling her lords and ladies to follow her closely.
'Still he looks so strong, that I will pretend to care for him, she thought, 'and then perhaps he will try to win the golden circlet for me, and I shall be called the "Queen of Beauty." For the Lady Ettarde was a cruel and vain lady, and cared more for the golden circlet and to be called the 'Queen of Beauty, than for the happiness of the young knight Pelleas.
When she saw that it was really a strange knight, she took him into her castle. 'Because you have slain Sir Pelleas, whom I hated, I will love you, said the cruel Lady Ettarde. Sir Gawaine saw how beautiful the lady was, and he forgot her unkindness to Sir Pelleas, and he loved her. And because he was not a true knight, Sir Gawaine did not think of Pelleas, who waited so anxiously for his return.
And so for many days the Lady Ettarde was kind to Sir Pelleas, and at last she told him that she would love him if he would win the golden circlet for her. 'The lady of my dreams will love me, the knight murmured. And aloud he said proudly that if there were any strength in his right arm, he would win the prize for the Lady Ettarde.
'I will go to the castle with them, and tell the Lady Ettarde that I have slain you. Then she will ask me to come in, and I will talk of your great love and strength, till she learns to love you. And Sir Gawaine rode away, wearing the armour and helmet of Sir Pelleas, and promising to come back in three days.
And the servant was wandering sadly along the bank of the river, wondering how he could help his master, when he met a beautiful maiden called the 'Lady of the Lake. The maiden asked why he looked so sad, and, won by her gentleness, he told her how his master had been hated by the Lady Ettarde, and betrayed by the false knight Sir Gawaine. 'Bring me to your master, said the Lady of the Lake.
Now the Lady Ettarde was a great lady in her own land; knights who had fought many battles and won great fame had served her, and she cared nothing for the young untried knight's love and service.
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