high lineage, but their kinsfolk are too far away, and a knight that is right cruel hath reft us of our land sithence that my lord was dead, and holdeth a son of mine in his prison, whereof I am right sorrowful, for he is one of the comeliest knights in the world. He had not been knight more than four years when he took him, and now may I aid neither myself nor other, but I have heard tell that there is a knight in the land of Wales that was the son of Alain li Gros of the Valleys of Camelot, and he is the Best Knight in the World, and this Alain was brother of Calobrutus, whose wife was I, and of whom I had my son and these two daughters. This know I well, that and the Good Knight that is so near akin to them were by any adventure to come into this island, I should have my son again, and my daughters that are disherited would have their lands again freely, and so should I be brought out of sore pain and poverty. I am of another lineage that is full far away, for King Ban of Benoic that is dead was mine uncle, but he hath a son that is a right good knight as I have been told, so that and one of these two should come nigh me in any of these islands right joyous should I be thereof." X. Perceval heareth that the two damsels are his uncle's daughters, and hath great pity thereof. "Lady," saith he, "How is he named that is in prison?" "Sir," saith she, "Galobruns, and he that holdeth him in prison is named Gohaz of the Castle of the Whale." "Is his castle near this, Lady?" saith he. "Sir, there is but an arm of the sea to cross, and in all these islands of the sea is there none that hath any puissance but he only, and so