![]() ![]() ![]() The ride through the countryside is quite pleasant - until the sun has been up for several hours. He is appalled by the impropriety of this young woman's riding with him on his quest, but she must since she cannot give him any directions to follow.īefore The Boss leaves, he is given much good advice about how to handle himself, and, after a good breakfast, he is helped into his armor and carried out and set on his horse, things that he could not have managed himself. Finally, after confusing the girl and getting few answers that satisfy him, he gives up his questioning in disgust. The Boss questions the young lady, whose name is Demoiselle Alisande la Carteloise. One day, a young lady with a tale about how her mistress and forty-four other "young and beautiful girls, pretty much all of them princesses," are held captive by "three stupendous brothers, each with four arms and one eye." King Arthur decides that this is the quest for The Boss - whether he wants it or not. These tales are accepted without question, and knights vie with one another for the honor of going out to "right the wrongs." People arrive in Camelot regularly with tales of captured princesses. ![]()
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