stle."

Then Sir Ector cried out with astonishment, and he said: "Can this be so
indeed?" And then he said: "Let us make haste and go to him upon the
wings of the wind."

[Sidenote: _Sir Percival bringeth Sir Ector to Joyous Isle._]

So again they entered the ferry and were ferried across the water. And
after they were upon the farther side they rode together through that
meadow of flowers and up to the castle.

Now as they drew nigh to the castle in that wise they beheld a great
concourse of the castle folk coming forth to meet them and giving great
sound of jubilation and rejoicing. At the head of these who approached
to meet them came Sir Launcelot and the Lady Elaine, they two riding
side by side, Sir Launcelot upon a great black horse, and she upon a
white palfrey. And she was clad all in garments of white sarsanet
embellished with pearls and embroidered with threads of silver, and she
was adorned with ornaments of shining gold and she wore a golden crown
upon her head such as was befitting the daughter of a king to wear. Her
fair hair was enmeshed in a network of golden threads so that what with
this and that her beauty shone from afar with exceeding lustre. And
though Sir Ector had beheld her aforetime yet it was as though he had
never beheld her until that day, for her joy and her pride of Sir
Launcelot and in his meeting Sir Ector and Sir Percival again so
illuminated her countenance that it was as though her beauty shone with
a singular brightness from within; yea, it was as though her soul itself
had illuminated her body of flesh with a pure and shining beauty that
was other than of this world.

[Sidenote: _Sir Ector and Sir Launcelot meet one another._]

So as they met, Sir Launcelot and Sir Ector each leaped from his horse
and they ran together and embraced and kissed each other and wept one
upon another in such a wise that all of those who looked on wept also
for joy of their joy. And then Sir Ector came to the lady and took her
by the hand and kissed her hand and kissed it again and yet again.

After that they all went up to the castle of the Joyous Isle together,
and they entered into the castle with sounds of rejoicing and loud
acclaim so that the very walls of the castle seemed, as it were, to cry
out with joy. So after they had thus entered the castle, a number of
attendants took Sir Percival and Sir Ector and made them comfortable in
all wise. And they were given rich robes of royal make for t