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held his pleas in hall amid the vassals assembled.
"Friend," said the King, "what came you hither to seek in haste and breathless, like a huntsman that has followed the dogs afoot? Have you some wrong to right, or has any man driven you?"
But the woodman took him aside and said low down:
"I have seen the Queen and Tristan, and I feared and fled."
"Where saw you them?"
"In a hut in Morois, they slept side by side. Come swiftly and take your vengeance."
"Go," said the King, "and await me at the forest edge where the red cross stands, and tell no man what you have seen. You shall have gold and silver at your will."
The King had saddled his horse and girt his sword and left the city alone, and as he rode alone he minded him
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