Produced by Christine Aldridge and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's Notes: 1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_. 2. Minor punctuation errors have been corrected. 3. A complete list of spelling corrections and notations is located at the end of this text. _Édition d'Élite_ Historical Tales The Romance of Reality By CHARLES MORRIS _Author of "Half-Hours with the Best American Authors," "Tales from the Dramatists," etc._ IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES Volume XIV King Arthur 2 J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON Copyright, 1891, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. Copyright, 1904, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. Copyright, 1908, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. [Illustration: CONWAY CASTLE.] CONTENTS TO VOLUME II. BOOK VIII. TRISTRAM AND ISOLDE AT JOYOUS GARD. CHAPTER. PAGE. I.--THE TREACHERY OF KING MARK 9 II.--HOW TRISTRAM BEFOOLED DINADAN 23 III.--ON THE ROAD TO LONAZEP 36 IV.--HOW PALAMIDES FARED AT THE RED CITY 46 V.--THE TOURNAMENT AT LONAZEP 55 VI.--THE SECOND DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT 70 VII.--THE WOES OF TWO LOVERS 83 VIII.--THE RIVALRY OF TRISTRAM AND PALAMIDES 92 BOOK IX. THE QUEST OF THE HOLY GRAIL. I.--THE ENCHANTED CASTLE OF KING PELLAM 117 II.--THE MARVEL OF THE FLOATING SWORD 125 III.--HOW GALAHAD GOT HIS SHIELD 141 IV.--THE TEMPTATION OF SIR PERCIVALE 155 V.--THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF SIR BORS 173 VI.--THE ADVENTURE OF THE MAGIC SHIP 195 VII.--HOW LANCELOT SAW THE SANGREAL 207 VIII.--THE DEEDS OF THE THREE CHOSEN KNIGHTS 217 BOOK X. THE LOVE OF LANCELOT AND GUENEVER. I.--THE POISONING OF SIR PATRISE 226 II.--THE LILY MAID OF ASTOLAT 239 III.--HOW ELAINE DIED FOR LOVE 251 IV.--THE CHEVALIER OF THE CART 260 BOOK XI. THE HAND OF DESTINY.