MythQuest2001

Eliaures:
Is there any man willing to take turns with me at the beheading game? Allow me to chop off your head tonight and one year from now, on Christmas Eve, you may chop off mine.

[all in the court laugh]

Maleager:
Some challenge! So... what?... you would keep your promise to a dead man?

Eliaures:
I would. Would you?

Maleager:
This is ridiculous.

Eliaures:
Well, suppose I reverse the terms, then. You chop off my head and, in one year, I will return and chop off yours.

Maleager:
Now, what kind of trick is this? This isn't a real challenge. No knight would accept it.

Eliaures:
Arthur's knights are no braver than the others. You were supposed to be a king among kings.