[The Book of the Epic by Helene A. Guerber]@TWC D-Link bookThe Book of the Epic INTRODUCTION 292/305
As queen of the fairy realm she holds annual festivals, in one of which the young peasant Georgos enters her hall. He kneels before her so humbly yet so courteously that, notwithstanding his rustic garb, she perceives he must be of noble birth.
When he, therefore, craves as a boon the next adventure, Gloriana grants his request, on condition that he will serve her afterward for six years.
Shortly after, a beautiful lady, garbed in white but enveloped in a black mantle, rides up to court on a snow-white ass, leading a woolly lamb.
She is followed by a dwarf, who conducts a war-steed, on which are piled all the arms of a knight.
On approaching Gloriana, Una--the personification of Truth--explains that her royal parents are besieged in their capital by a dragon, which has slain all the warriors who have ventured to attack him. On hearing Una beg for aid, Georgos eagerly steps forward to claim the task.
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