Ribald Classic: Gawain And The Lady Of The Pavilion
October, 1962
In pursuit of adventure Gawain entered the forest of Broceliande and rode for three days and nights. In the early afternoon of the fourth day he entered a clearing and saw a pavilion of dazzling white silk with red pennons flying. Gawain dismounted, and entered the pavilion with drawn sword. He saw five low beds of soft down, four of them empty. In the fifth bed there lay a sweetly sleeping young woman in a white silk nightdress, with a red smiling mouth and long black hair, her arms thrown wide...
