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“You could at least lie better” - Sir Kay probably

Either Kay knows he’s an Orkney brother right off the bat or he thinks this totally normal commoner/kitchen boy is weird af

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Sir Gareth & his Lady by Sir William Russell Flint

Now we turn to Sir Beaumains, who asked Dame Lyonette if he might see her lady sister. “Sir,” she said, “I would like very much for you to see her.”

Then Sir Beaumains, in full armor, took his horse and spear and rode straight up to the castle; when he came to the gate he found there some armed men, and they pulled up the drawbridge and dropped the portcullis. He marveled as to why they would not allow him to enter, and then he looked up toward a window; there he saw fair Dame Lyonesse, and she said loudly, “Go on your way, Sir Beaumains, for you shall not have all my love yet, not until you are numbered among the worthiest knights. Therefore, go and labor in knightly worship for a year, and then you shall hear new tidings.”

“Alas, fair lady,” said Sir Beaumains, “I have not deserved to be treated this way by you! I believed that you would show me good cheer, and for what I have done I deserve thanks. I have surely bought your love with some of the best blood of my body!”

“Fair, courteous knight,” said Dame Lyonesse, “do not be displeased, nor overhasty. Know well that neither your great effort nor your good love shall be for naught, for I value your hard labor, your courage, your generosity, and your goodness as I should. Therefore, go on your way and be comforted, for this will all work out for the best for you. A year will soon be over. Trust me, fair knight: I will be true to you and never betray you. I will love you and none other until the day I die.” With that she turned away from the window, and Sir Beaumains rode from the castle making great dole.

—Thomas Malory, Le Morte de Arthur (trans. by Dorthy Armstrong)

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