The knight offered Gawain first choice, and Gawain decided to take the Water-bridge, so the two parted and the knight, whose name was Lancelot, rode on his way.
He came very soon upon a church, with a graveyard close by, surrounded by a wall. Lancelot went inside the church to pray and as he came out and was looking at the many huge tombs in the graveyard, an old white-haired monk appeared at his side.
'Whose are these tombs?' the knight asked. 
'You can see it is written on them,' the monk replied. Each of the beautifully
carved tombs had writing cut into the dark stone. 'Here Gawain is to lie. Here,
Yvain. Here Dodinel and Sagremors.' All the most famous names of King Arthur's
court were inscribed on the tombs.
Lancelot pointed to the finest tomb of all.
'Whose is that?' he asked.
'Not yours,' the monk replied, 'for you have ridden on a cart like a murderer or a thief. No, that tomb is for a great man, the greatest of all. It would take the strength of seven men to lift the stone lid, and whoever can do it is the one who will free the people of Logres from their captivity.'
Without waiting any longer, Lancelot darts to the tomb and lifts the lid as if it was hardly heavy at all.
'Who are you?' the monk asks.
'I am a knight in search of the Queen, and I come from King Arthur's land of Logres. I'd rather not tell you any more,' says Lancelot, and rides on.
