For no clear reason, Tristram bugs out in the middle of the tournament. Launcelot had been watching him, but boom, loses track. Sir Dinadan and Gouvernail go too, but no one cares. Dame Bragwaine had been chilling with Guenever, telling … Continue reading →
Chapter 28 opens with a scene I’m just going to skip over, in which Sir Persides and Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides get together for some pre-tournament jousting and Sir Palomides manages to reveal that he recognizes Sir Tristram! Unlike … Continue reading →
Tristram, having ditched Kay and Sagramore and Gawaine, chills at the well. He washes his face, he lies down, he relaxes. Just as he dozes off, along comes Dame Bragwaine! She’s the lovely Isoud’s Irish handmaiden/henchwoman, you remember her. She’s … Continue reading →
This short chapter is divided into two hilarious stories, neither of which reflect well on Sir Gawaine. I almost feel bad for him! Malory does not especially care for Gawaine, you ever get that feeling? First off, Gawaine gets … Continue reading →
Meanwhile Palomides and Gaheris meet up with that foursome from Chapter 23, Bors and Ector and Bleoberis and Dirant. And also Launcelot. They hang out at the castle mentioned last chapter, drinking, talking, having a good knightly bonding time. Eventually … Continue reading →
Tristram and Dinadan ride down the road, in theory towards Camelot. Tristram declined to stay with Bleoberis and company last chapter, but it’s getting along in the day and neither he nor Dinadan have had lunch. So they stop and … Continue reading →
This chapter may have been written while Malory was in the throes of a stroke, or possibly two pages were stuck together and his editor missed it, or something, because not only does it make no sense in the familiar … Continue reading →
Isoud leaves, but her dog stays with Tristram, and barks at anyone who comes near. This includes King Mark and Sir Andred, who come to visit “Naked Hermit Hero Man” not long after Isoud goes. “Look, sire, the queen’s brachet … Continue reading →
Sir Dinant wastes no time in scooping up Tauleas’s head and taking it to Tintagil for the reward. He fills Mark in on the combat with the giant, how it went, how brave Dinant was, how a naked hermit helped … Continue reading →
While Tristram does the mad hermit thing for most of a year, some events transpire! 1) Sir Dagonet, King Arthur’s jester, visits Tintagil with some friends. While they’re out in the woods one day, watering their horses at a … Continue reading →
