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DRUNKENLV PROM THE DINING HAUL
OUT INTO THE TWILIT COURTYARD,
WHERE HE BECOMES A VERY ALERT
PRINCE VALIANT WITH A PLAN.
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HE CUMBS TO THE BATTLEMENTS
: WHERE THE SENTRIES ARE WARM
INS THEMSELVES AT A BRAZIER. THEY
EES HIM TO LIGHTEN THEIR LONG
VISIL WITH SONG.
AFTER MUCH COAX1NK3 HE SINGS A
SONG THAT HE AND GAwVAIN HAD
OFT SUNG TOGETHER. FROM A HRSH
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DERRICK, ITS LONG ARM CREAKING IN THE NIGHT WIND.
WHAT WAS THE LAST LINE OF MERLIN'S RUNE ? A
LONG ARM WILL FONT THE W TO OAWAIN'S RESCUE
JUST BEFORE DAWN, WHEN THE
WATCH FIRES HAVE BURNED LOW
AND THE SENTINELS GROWN WEARY,
VAL CUMBS THE DERRICK ARM. .
A BARRED WINDOW, TWO LOCKED
DOORS AND THREE GUARDS INDI
CATE HOW MUCH KING OS WICK
VALUES HIS PRISONER.
VAL CONSIDERS HIS PROBLEM. FIRST HE
MUST GET RID OF THE GUARDS, THEN
GET THE TWO KEYS. THE PROBLEM OB
LEADING THE CASTLE IS EVEN MORE
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