. The book of romance; . the boy bided his time,then mounted his horse, and rode away as fast as hemight. Sir Meliagraunce spied him as he flew, andknew whither he went, and who had sent him; and hecommanded his best archers to ride after him and shoothim ere he reached Sir Lancelot. But the boy escapedtheir arrows, and vanished from their sight. Then SirMeliagraunce said to the Queen, You seek to betray me,Madam; but Sir Lancelot shall not so lightly come atyou. And he bade his men follow him to the castle inhaste, and left an ambush of thirty archers in the road,charging them that if a Knigh
. The book of romance; . the boy bided his time,then mounted his horse, and rode away as fast as hemight. Sir Meliagraunce spied him as he flew, andknew whither he went, and who had sent him; and hecommanded his best archers to ride after him and shoothim ere he reached Sir Lancelot. But the boy escapedtheir arrows, and vanished from their sight. Then SirMeliagraunce said to the Queen, You seek to betray me,Madam; but Sir Lancelot shall not so lightly come atyou. And he bade his men follow him to the castle inhaste, and left an ambush of thirty archers in the road,charging them that if a Knight mounted on a whitehorse came along that way they were to slay the horsebut to leave the man alone, as he was hard to Sir Meliagraunce had given these orders his com-X^any galloped fast to the castle; but the Queen would 136 LANCELOT AND GUENEVERE listen to nothing that he said, demanding always tliather Knights and ladies should be lodged with her, andSir Meliagraunce was forced to let her have her GUENEVERE SENDS HER PAGE TC J-AXCELOT FOR HELP LANCELOT AND GUENEVERE 137 The castle of Sir Meliagrannce was distant sevenmile^j from Westminster, so it did not take long for theboy to find Sir Lancelot, and to give him the Queensring and her message. I am shamed for ever/ said SirLancelot, unless I can rescue that noble lady, andwhile he put on his armour, he called to the boy to tellhim the whole adventure. When he was armed andmounted, he begged the page to warn Sir Lavainewhere he had gone, and for what cause. And prayhim, as he loves me, that he follow me to the castleof Sir Meliagrannce, for if I am a living man, he willfind me there. Sir Lancelot put his horse into the water at West-minster, and he swam straight over to Lambeth, andsoon after he landed he found traces of the fight. Herode along the track till he came to the wood, where thearchers were lying waiting for him, and when they sawhim, they bade him on peril of his life to go no furtheralong t
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