. The book of romance; . he cowherd. Is it you or your son that has thought of thishonour ? It is my son who desires it, and not I, replied theman. I have thirteen sons who tend cattle, and work inthe fields if I bid them; but this boy will do nothing butshoot and cast darts, or go to watch battles and look onKnights, and all day long he beseeches me to bring him toyou, that he may be knighted also. What is your name ? said Arthur, turning to theyoung man. Sir, my name is Tor. Where is your sword that I may knight you ? saidthe King. It is here, my lord. ^Take it out of its sheath, said the Ki
. The book of romance; . he cowherd. Is it you or your son that has thought of thishonour ? It is my son who desires it, and not I, replied theman. I have thirteen sons who tend cattle, and work inthe fields if I bid them; but this boy will do nothing butshoot and cast darts, or go to watch battles and look onKnights, and all day long he beseeches me to bring him toyou, that he may be knighted also. What is your name ? said Arthur, turning to theyoung man. Sir, my name is Tor. Where is your sword that I may knight you ? saidthe King. It is here, my lord. ^Take it out of its sheath, said the King, and 28 HOW THE ROUND TABLE BEGAN require me to make you a Knight. Then Tor jumped offhis mare and pulled out his sword, and knelt before theKing, praying that lie might be made a Knight and aKnight of the Kound Table. As for a Knight, that I will make you, said Arthur,smiting him in the neck with the sword, and if you areworthy of it you shall be Knight of the Eound the next day he made Gawaine Knight ^>}£RLIN y^np VIVICN^S THE PASSING OF MERLIN Sir Tor proved before long by his gallant deeds that hewas worthy to sit in one of the two empty seats of theEound Table. Many of the other Knights went out alsoin search of adventures, and one of them, Sir Pellinore,brought a damsel of the lake to Arthurs Court, and whenMerlin saw her he fell in love with her, so that hedesired to be always in her company. The damsellaughed in secret at Merlin, but made use of him to tellher all she would know, and the wizard had no strengthto say her nay, though he knew what would come of he told King Arthur that before long he should beput into the earth alive, for all his cunning. He likewisetold the King many things that should befall him, andwarned him always to keep the scabbard as well as thosword Excalibur, and foretold that both sword and scab-bard should be stolen from him by a woman whom hemost trusted. You will miss my counsel sorely, addedMerlin, and would g
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