latter did, grumbling at the delay the same must cause. Then, the
knight spoke kindly again to the beggar and gave him some silver.

"Master," the beggar said. "The Lord will bless you, for you found
time for so wretched a soul as me. Far have you traveled, many of high
degree have found it honor to hold speech with you. So great a knight
as you and yet have you had time for the beggar on the road.

"Honor have you shown, Faith have you ever had. Service have you
rendered. This day you prove that you have Piety and Charity. So then
for your food and for your silver and your kind words and the spirit
behind it all, I pay you now. Here, then is the Grail. Long sought in
many lands, in many places, yet was it always near at home."

"The Grail? Here, where I never thought to see it. And a beggar to
possess it. Aye, even the lowliest possesses riches."

Mixed were the knight's emotions nor could he voice the thoughts and
the feelings within him. While nearby the two with him watched it all
in awed silence.

"Aye, Sir Galahad. Think not that your search in far lands was
fruitless. Rather was it the caldron in which your worth was seasoned.
Yet will this fact ever remain--that one need not travel far to find
Honor, Faith, Service and Piety. For these are ever near."

"I am like Elam who went everywhere and found that what he sought was
near at home."

"True, good knight. This day shall be a great day for England, for