Launcelot

Speak! Can you answer nothing?

(The steersman signs that he is deaf and dumb)

He is dumb.

(The steersman points to the letter)

Guenevere

There is a folded paper in her hand.

(Launcelot steps into the barge, and unties the letter and reads it.)

Launcelot

“Most noble Launcelot, I was your lover, though