But when she saw Pelleas, the Lady Ettarde mocked him, and told her lords to tie him to the tail of a horse and turn him out of the castle. 'She does it to find out if I love her truly,' thought Sir Pelleas again, as he struggled back to his tent below the castle. Another ten lords were sent to fight the faithful knight, and again Pelleas overthrew them, and again he let himself be bound and carried before the Lady Ettarde. But when she spoke to him even more unkindly than before, and mocked at his love for her, Sir Pelleas turned away. 'If she were good as she is beautiful, she could not be so cruel,' he thought sadly. And he told her that though he would always love her, he would not try to see her any more. Now one of King Arthur's knights, called Sir Gawaine, had been riding past the castle when the ten lords attacked Sir Pelleas. And Sir Gawaine had looked on in dismay. He had seen the knight overthrow the ten lords, and stand there quietly while the conquered men got to their feet. He had seen them bind him hand and foot, and carry him into the castle. 'To-morrow I will look for him, and offer him my help,' thought Sir Gawaine, for he was sorry for the brave young knight. The next morning he found Sir Pelleas in his tent, looking very sad. And when Sir Gawaine asked the knight why he was so sad, Sir Pelleas told him of his love for the Lady Ettarde and of her unkindness. 'I would rather die a hundred times than be bound by her lords,' he said, 'if it were not that they take me into her presence.' Then Sir Gawaine cheered Sir Pelleas and offered to help him, for he too was one of Arthur's knights. And Sir Pelleas trusted him, for had not all King Arthur's knights taken the vows of brotherhood and truth? 'Give me your horse and armour,' said Sir Gawaine. 'I will go to the castle with them, and tell the Lady Ettarde that I have slain you. Then she will ask me to come in, and I will talk of your great love and strength, till she learns to love you.' And Sir Gawaine rode away, wearing the armour and helmet of Sir Pelleas, and promising to come back in three days. The Lady Ettarde was walking up and down outside the castle, when she saw the knight approaching. 'Sir Pelleas again,' she thought angrily, and turned to go into the castle. But Sir Gawaine called to her to stay. 'I am not Sir Pelleas, but a knight who has slain him.' 'Take off your helmet that I may see your face,' said the Lady Ettarde, as she turned to look at him. When she saw that it was really a strange knight, she took him into her castle. 'Because you have slain Sir Pelleas, whom I hated, I will love you,' said the cruel Lady Ettarde. Sir Gawaine saw how beautiful the lady was, and he forgot her unkindness to Sir Pelleas, and he loved her. And because he was not a true knight, Sir Gawaine did not think of Pelleas, who waited so anxiously for his return. Three days passed, but he did not go back, and in the castle all was joy and merriment.