Then the two talked of other things and the young knight questioned
his friend as to the likely whereabouts of the Holy Grail.

"Many rumors have I heard, Sir Galahad. But never actual trace.
Understand you well, my friend. Knights from every land seek this
Grail and I would wish that it were Norman who found it. But if it
cannot be one from my own land, I would it were one from your country.
I fear me, it shall not be easy search, it may lead you far."

"I am well prepared for that," replied the Seeker. "If it were easy to
find, the glory would be so much the less. I can but hope that I shall
have the vision to see it when it is near me."

"I wish you well," Sir Guilbert made answer. "Now let us repair to the
dining hall for the meal waits."

It was after they had eaten that Sir Galahad found the opportunity to
hold speech with the youth, Charles.

He found the lad to be all that his father had said of him.

"What have you wish for, Charles?" he said.

"I should like to journey far and to many places," the boy replied.
"There is much to see and I envy the many who have traveled to foreign
lands."

"How then, if you could, would you travel?"

"As a true Norman knight serving God and the Church against all