 After brief hesitation, Gawain assents to treat his new bride as he would if she were desirable, and go to bed with her as a dutiful husband is expected to do.However, when he looks up, he is astonished to see not an ugly hag, but the most beautiful woman he has ever seen standing before him.Ragnelle explains she had been under a spell to look like a hag until a good knight married her; now her looks will be restored, but only half the day.