sir lionel do you recall the other night that i distinctly said you might serve as my escort at the next town fair well i m afraid there s someone who i must invite in place of you someone who plainly is beyond compare that frenchman s power is more tremendous than i have e er seen anywhere and when a man is that stupendous he by right should take me to the fair your majesty let me tilt with him and smite him don t refuse me so abruptly i implore oh give me the opportunity to fight him and gaul will be divided once more you will bash and thrash him i ll smash and mash him you ll give him trouble he will be rubble a mighty whack his skull will crack well then you may take me to the fair if you do all the things you promise in fact my heart would break should you not take me to the fair sir sagramore i have some rather painful news relative to the subject who s to be beside me at the next court ball you were the chosen one i know but as tradition it should go to the unquestioned champion in the hall and i m convinced that splendid frenchman can easily conquer one and all and besting all our local henchmen he should sit beside me at the ball i beg of you ma am withhold your invitation i swear to you this challenge will be met and when i have finished up the operation i ll serve him to your highness en brochette you ll pierce right through him i ll barbecue him a wicked thrust twill be dust to dust from fore to aft he ll feel a draft well then you may sit by me at the ball if you demolish him in battle in fact i know i d cry were you not by me at the ball sir dinadan didn t i promise that you may guide me to london on the day that i go up to judge the cattle show as it is quite a nasty ride there must be someone at my side who ll be defending me from beast and foe so when i choose whom i prefer go i take the strongest knight i know and young du lac seems strongest ergo he should take me to the cattle show your majesty can t believe this blustering prattle let him prove it with a sword or lance instead i promise you when i ve done this gaul in battle his shoulders will be lonesome for his head you ll disconnect him i ll vivisect him you ll open wide him i ll subdivide him oh dear dear dear dear dear then you may guide me to the show if you can carry out your program in fact i d grieve inside should you not guide me to the show milady we shall put an end to that gallic bag of noise and nerve when we do all that we intend to he ll be a plate of french hors d oeuvres i do applaud your noble goals now let us see if you achieve them and if you do then you will be the three who will go to the ball to the show and take me to the fair