The Stranger.
[To the Queen.] Madam, I thank you of your great goodness to me! In recompensation I may do you some service! I need not meat nor drink. My errand is with the King! I crave speech with the King!
Guinevere.
[Surprised.] With the King?
Sir Kay.
[Whispers, to the Queen.] ’Ware, now! ’Tis the eve of All-Hallowmass!
Guinevere.
Speech with the King! Good dame, this would be a simple asking, but my Lord is now on sleep! Because he was restless and full of heaviness I gave him a potion, so that he will not awake till dawning! Not within three hours!
The Stranger.