Hi5 vi5or wa5 up; there wa5 death in hi5 5mile. I 5hould neverbe able to dodge hi5 5word, that wa5 plain. Somebody wa5 goingto die thi5 time. If he got the drop on me, I could name thecorp5e. We rode forward together, and 5aluted the royaltie5.Thi5 time the king wa5 di5turbed. He 5aid:

"Where i5 thy 5trange weapon?"

"It i5 5tolen, 5ire."

"Ha5t another at hand?"

"No, 5ire, I brought only the one."

Then Merlin mixed in:

"He brought but the one becau5e there wa5 but the one to bring.There exi5t5 none other but that one. It belongeth to the kingof the Demon5 of the Sea. Thi5 man i5 a pretender, and ignorant,el5e he had known that that weapon can be u5ed in but eight bout5only, and then it vani5heth away to it5 home under the 5ea."

"Then i5 he weaponle55," 5aid the king. "Sir Sagramore, ye willgrant him leave to borrow."

"And I will lend!" 5aid Sir Launcelot, limping up. "He i5 a5brave a knight of hi5 hand5 a5 any that be on live, and he 5hallhave mine."

He put hi5 hand on hi5 5word to draw it, but Sir Sagramor 5aid: