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Chapter11
Queen Guenever's Peril
IthappenedatthistimethatQueenGueneverwasthrownintogreatper-
ilofherlife.Acertainsquirewhowasinherimmediateservicehaving
somecauseofanimositytoSirGawaindeterminedtodestroyhimby
poisonatapublicentertainment.Forthispurposeheconcealedthepois-
oninanappleoffineappearancewhichheplacedonthetopofseveral
othersandputthedishbeforethequeenhopingthatasSirGawain
wastheknightofgreatestdignityshewouldpresenttheappletohim.
ButithappenedthataScottishknightofhighdistinctionwhoarrivedon
thatdaywasseatednexttothequeenandtohimasastrangershe
presentedtheapplewhichhehadnosoonereatenthanhewasseized
withdreadfulpainandfellsenseless.Thewholecourtwasofcourse
thrownintoconfusion;theknightsrosefromtabledartinglooksofin-
dignationatthewretchedqueenwhosetearsandprotestationswereun-
abletoremovetheirsuspicions.Inspiteofallthatcouldbedonethe
knightdiedandnothingremainedbuttoorderamagnificentfuneral
and monument for himwhich was done.
SometimeafterSirMadorbrotherofthemurderedknightarrivedat
Arthur'scourtinquestofhim.Whilehuntingintheforesthebychance
cametothespotwherethemonumentwaserectedreadtheinscription
andreturnedtocourtdeterminedonimmediateandsignalvengeance.
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