There was once, dear maidens, a Princess who was kept on an island.
(Joscelyn: There are no islands in Sussex.
Martin: This didn't happen in Sussex.
Joscelyn: But I thought it was a true story.
Martin: It is the only true story of them all.)
She was kept on the island locked up in a tower, for the best of all the reasons in the world. She had fallen in love. She had fallen in love with her father's Squire. So the King banished him for ever and locked up his daughter in a tower on an island, and had it guarded by six Gorgons.
(Joscelyn: It's NOT a true story!
Martin: It IS a true story! If you don't say so at the end I'll give you—
Joscelyn: What?—I don't want you to give me anything!
Martin: All right then.