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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Four Arthurian Romances by Chretien DeTroyes: immediately after the tournament." Upon my word," said she, "I
will allow it upon one condition." "Lady, what condition is
that?" Then she replies: "Sire, upon condition that you wilt
swear to return to me, and promise that I shall have your love."
"Lady, I give you all the love I have, and swear to come back."
Then the lady laughs and says: "I have no cause to boast of such
a gift, for I know you have bestowed upon some one else the love
for which I have just made request. However, I do not disdain to
take so much of it as I can get. I shall be satisfied with what
I can have, and will accept your oath that you will be so
considerate of me as to return hither a prisoner."
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