country round about to do her homage.

Then once again Sir Galahad rode on in search of the Holy Grail.
And the way seemed long, yet on and on he rode, till at last he
reached the sea.

There, on the shore, stood a maiden, and when she saw Sir Galahad,
she led him to a ship and told him to enter.

[Illustration: "MY STRENGTH IS AS THE STRENGTH OF TEN BECAUSE MY
HEART IS PURE"

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The wind rose and drove the ship, with Sir Galahad on board,
between two rocks. But when the ship could not pass that way, the
knight left it, and entered a smaller one that awaited him.

In this ship was a table, and on the table, covered with a red
cloth, was the Holy Grail. Reverently Sir Galahad sank on his
knees. But still the Sacred Cup was covered.

At last the ship reached a strange city, and on the shore sat a
crippled man. Sir Galahad asked his help to lift the table from the
ship.

'For ten years I have not walked without crutches,' said the man.

'Show that you are willing, and come to me,' urged the knight.

And the cripple got up, and when he found that he was cured, he ran
to Sir Galahad, and together they carried the wonderful table to
the shore.

Then all the city was astonished, and the people talked only of the
great marvel. 'The man that was a cripple for ten years can walk,'
each said to the other.

The King of the city heard the wonderful tale, but he was a cruel
King and a tyrant. 'The knight is not a good man,' he said to his
people, and he commanded that Galahad should be put in prison. And
the prison was underneath the palace, and it was dark and cold
there.

But down into the darkness streamed the light that had made Galahad
so glad long ago at Camelot. And in the light Galahad saw the Holy
Grail.

A year passed and the cruel King was very ill, and he thought he
would die. Then he remembered the knight he had treated so
unkindly, and who was still in the dark, cold prison. 'I will send
for him, and ask him to forgive me,' murmured the King.

And when Galahad was brought to the palace, he willingly forgave
the tyrant who had put him in prison.

Then the King died, and there was great dismay in the city, for
where would they find a good ruler to sit on the throne?

As they wondered, they heard a voice that told them to make Sir
Galahad their King, and in great joy the knight was crowned.

Then the new King ordered a box of gold and precious stones to be
made, and in this box he placed t