The King Arthur Trilogy
“But on the evening of the fifth day he came to an abbey of Cistercian monks; and there he found two more of the Companions of the Round Table: King Bagdemagus and Sir Owain the Bastard. They greeted each other joyfully, and that evening, when they had eaten with the brothers, they went out into the abbey orchard, and sat themselves down under an apple tree to talk and exchange any news of the past few days.
‘This is a happy chance that brings us all three to the same place at the same time,’ said Sir Galahad, for courtesy’s sake.
‘No chance brought us,’ said King Bagdemagus, ‘but word of the shield.’ ‘The shield?’ said Sir Galahad.
And Sir Owain told him, ‘We have heard that in this abbey there is a shield, with a strong magic upon it, that any man who takes it down from its place and hangs it about his neck, unless he be worthy of it, will be slain or sore wounded within three days; and we are come to put the matter to the test.’ ‘Tomorrow morning,’ said King Bagdemagus, watching a b...rown furred bee among the last of the tarnished apple blossom, ‘I shall shoulder this shield, and ride upon my fortune.’ ‘If you fail –’ began Sir Galahad, then turned to Owain the Bastard, ‘Pray you grant me next turn, for I have as yet no shield of my own.’ So the matter was agreed between them; and next morning, when they had heard Mass, King Bagdemagus asked one of the monks where the shield of which they had heard might be.MoreLess
‘This is a happy chance that brings us all three to the same place at the same time,’ said Sir Galahad, for courtesy’s sake.
‘No chance brought us,’ said King Bagdemagus, ‘but word of the shield.’ ‘The shield?’ said Sir Galahad.
And Sir Owain told him, ‘We have heard that in this abbey there is a shield, with a strong magic upon it, that any man who takes it down from its place and hangs it about his neck, unless he be worthy of it, will be slain or sore wounded within three days; and we are come to put the matter to the test.’ ‘Tomorrow morning,’ said King Bagdemagus, watching a b...rown furred bee among the last of the tarnished apple blossom, ‘I shall shoulder this shield, and ride upon my fortune.’ ‘If you fail –’ began Sir Galahad, then turned to Owain the Bastard, ‘Pray you grant me next turn, for I have as yet no shield of my own.’ So the matter was agreed between them; and next morning, when they had heard Mass, King Bagdemagus asked one of the monks where the shield of which they had heard might be.MoreLess
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