TRISTAN AND ISEULT
his ermined gloves and put them up against the crevice whence it shone.
Then in her sleep a vision came to Iseult. She seemed to be in a great wood and two lions near her fought for her, and she gave a cry and woke, and the gloves fell upon her breast; and at the cry Tristan woke, and made to seize his sword, and saw by the golden hilt that it was the King's. And the Queen saw on her finger the King's ring, and she cried:
"O, my lord, the King has found us here!"
And Tristan said:
"He has taken my sword; he was alone, but he will return, and will burn us before the people. Let us fly."
So by great marches with Gorvenal alone they fled towards Wales.
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