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THE ROUND-TABLE KNIGHTS. 147<br />
Bat at this moment Tonnerre perceived his com<br />
rades in the distance, and throwing up his head with a<br />
movement that almost unseated his riders, he uttered a<br />
shrill neigh, and galloped<br />
forward to meet them. Seeing<br />
him coming, the party of knights halted, and sat<br />
looking at the strange spectacle presented by the flying<br />
steed and clinging riders,<br />
"<br />
By my faith," exclaimed<br />
Sir Pereivale, who rode on<br />
the<br />
king's right hand, "that<br />
looks like Tonnerre, our<br />
"<br />
brother Lancelot's charger<br />
!<br />
"And so it does," added<br />
Sir Gawain, the king's cousin.<br />
" But what riders does he<br />
bear? I know that Sir Lancelot du Lac is ever the<br />
knight of "<br />
dames, but<br />
"Spare your wonder, messieurs," interposed the<br />
"<br />
king ; for another moment will show the truth. Hide<br />
forward, Sir Galahad and Sir Percivale, and meet these<br />
ladies."<br />
The two knights, whom all men at Arthur's court<br />
knew for the best and purest of those who sat at the<br />
Round Table, rode forward at once, the silver armor of<br />
Sir Galahad glittering in the last red light of day, and<br />
the fair face of Sir Percivale smiling and gay. A few<br />
moments brought the two parties together, and Tonnerre,<br />
touching his nose to that of Sir Galahad's white