Then Gawain was giddy with gladness, and declared,"For this more than anything I thank you thoroughly.Now my sight is set, and I'll stay in your serviceuntil that time, attending every task."The lord squeezed Gawain's arm and seated him at his side,and called for the ladies to keep them company.There was pleasure aplenty in their private talk:the lips of the lord ran wild with words,like the mouth of a madman, not knowing his own mind.Then speaking to Gawain, he suddenly shouted:"You have sworn to serve me, whatever I instruct.Will you hold to that oath right here and now?""You may trust my tongue," said Gawain, in truth,"for within these walls I am servant to your will."The lord said warmly, "You were weary and worn,hollow with hunger, harrowed by tiredness,yet you joined in my reveling right royally every night.You relax as you like, lie in your beduntil mass tomorrow, then go to your mealwhere my wife will be waiting; she will sit at your sideto accompany and comfort you in my absence from court.So lounge:at dawn I'll rise and rideto hunt with horse and hound."

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