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Or'iJtnru' sails are furled and the sailors man the
SWEEPS AS'THE SHIP COMES UNDER THE FROWNING CLIFFS
WHEREON STANDS TINTAGEL, BIRTHPLACE OF KING ARTHUR.
GUARDS APPEAR ON THE WALLS OF 'THE IRON GATE' THAT
PROTECTS THE TINy HARBOR.
PRINCE VALIANT STANDS AT THE RAIL -HOLDING
UP HIS SHIELD EMBLAZONED
WITH THE SIGN OF THE CRIMSON STAL
LION. AT ONCE HE IS RECOGNIZED
AND WELCOMED. .
VAL ENTER3 THE CASTLE THAT WAS A FORTRESS ERE EVER
THE CELT CAME. THE BRITON DEFENDED IT, THE ROMAN
STRENGTHENED IT, THE SAXON USED IT AND THE NORMAN REB'JILl
IT. IT STANDS TODAY, GAUNT AND LONELY, ON THE COAST OF
CORNWALL. '. .
fed,
VAL HAD HOPED TO GtT DEFINITE INFORMATION ABOUT
TREACHERY AMONG THE THREE KINGS OF CORNWALL,
BUT THE KNIGHTS HE TALKS WITH HAVE ONLV RUMORS.
JVfAH'OJf IS THAT THE SHIPS
OF PIERCE RAIDERS COME TO THEIR
SHORES IN 6REAT NUMBERS AND ARE
WELCOMED. YET THE KINGS WILL NOT
LET ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS WITHIN TnEIR
BORDERS.
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VAL TELLS ALFRED OF HIS DIFFICULTIES AND, WITH
GRINNING IMPUDENCE, HIS NEW SQUIRE SPEAKS THUS:
FAR BE fTFORA LOWLY SQUIRE TO ADVISE SO ILL'S
TRIOUS A MASTER. BUTOFTTIMESA GREAT WARRIOR
TAKES TOO MANY BLOWS ON THE HEAD. AND A
CLEVER SQUIRE MAY HAVE TO HELP HIM WITH HIS
THIMKIMG. I THINK THAT CASTLES ARE BUILT TOKEBP
OUT ARMED MEN, BUT SATES ALWAYS OPEN TO CLOWNS, .
JONGLEURS, PALMERS, JUGGLERS AND STORY TELLERS!