Copyright by Frederick Hollyer, London, England.
SIR LANCELOT IN THE QUEEN'S CHAMBER.
"All is at an end now," he said. "Henceforth King Arthur is my foe, and I am like a wolf at bay. Yet I fear your enemies will work you fatal harm, and would have you go with me, and let me be your knight-protector."
"That I dread to do," said the queen, "for vile slander would follow my footsteps. I had better face my foes. If they devise to put me to death, then you may come to my rescue, and no one then can blame me for going with you."
"That shall I do," said Lancelot. "And I promise to make such havoc among all men who mean you harm as I have done among those who lie here."
Then he kissed her, and each gave the other a ring; and so he left the queen and went to his lodgings.