Arthur called. A hollow, dreary, murmuring voice replied. It
was the voice of the Red Cross Knight, which, when the champion
heard, "with furious force and indignation fell" he rent that
iron door and entered in.

Once more the Red Cross Knight was free and reunited to his Lady,
while the false Duessa was unmasked and shown to be a bad old
witch, who fled away "to the wasteful wilderness apace."

But the Red Cross Knight was still so weak and feeble that
Despair almost persuaded him to kill himself. Seeing this, Una
led him to the house of Holiness, where he stayed until once more
he was strong and well. Here he learned that he was St. George.
"Thou," he is told,

"Shalt be a saint, and thine own nation's friend
And patron. Thou St. George shalt called be,
St. George of merry England, the sign of victory."

Once more strong of arm, full of new courage, the Knight set
forth with Una, and soon they reached her home, where the
dreadful Dragon raged.

Here the most fierce fight of all takes place. Three days it is
renewed, and on the third day the Dragon is conquered.

"So down he fell, and forth his life did breathe
That vanished into smoke and clouds swift;
So down he fell, that th' earth him underneath
Did groan, as feeble so great load to lift;