SCENE VI.—An audience room in the Castle. Enter Mordred, Sir Agravaine and other Knights.
Mordred. ’Tis a delicate business we be come upon,
Though one of grave importance, therefore I
Will stand i’ the background, thou Sir Agravaine,
Being a kinsman not o’ the sinister side,
May speak the plainer. Let it fall on me.
Yea, I will answer with my body here.
Sir Ag. Yea, I will put it plainly to the King,
And show the evil placed upon our house,
And that foul insult tendered King and kingdom,