Marjorie Benton Cooke
Published: 2015-07-06
Total Pages: 24
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Excerpt from When Knights Were Bold: An Incident of King Arthur's Court [Scene. - A small summer-house or pavilion in the garden of King Leodegrance's Palace. The walls of the stage may be covered with a tissue paper lattice-work, or hung with some (sort of drapery, to suggest a pavilion. There is an entrance at back, and pots and boxes of flowers are set about in the summer-house. There are a few chairs and a table for furniture. Discovered the Gardener, snipping the flowers in boxes. Enter Sir Geraint.] Sir Geraint. Has the Lady Guinevere fared forth yet to-day, Gardener? Gardener. [Touching cap.] No, Milord, not yet. She never comes until the sun is high. These great folk miss the best o' a garden, begging your pardon, sir, forbye they lie a-bed until the dew is gone and - Sir Geraint. Peace! Who comes here? [Gardener goes to door and peers out.] Gardener. I know him not, Milord. Some Prince of the household, I misdoubt me not. [He steps aside to allow Sir Gawain to enter.] Sir Gawain. What? Sir Geraint? By my faith! What make you at the court of Leodegrance? Sir Geraint. I come not of my own accord, Sir Knight, but at the behest of one who calls himself the White Knight - Sir Gawain. White Knight - say'st thou? I too am come from an encounter with such an one. Say on. Sir Geraint. This Knight and I did meet in combat, and we did agree, that he who was vanquished should get him to the lady of the victor, and serve her valiantly for seven days. Sir Gawain. In some such manner was I vanquished, and on the same excuse you find me here! Gardener, does some one come? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.