....so, our knight bends down to check on the princess....she appears to be dead, and Eliduc weeps in a torrent of anguish. When they finally reach land, Eliduc takes her to a hermitage, but finds that the holy man has died, so he simply lays Guilliadon in the chapel, planning to come back to bury her after he has erected an appropriate tomb. Every day he sneaks away from his wife to visit Guilliadon at the chapel and weep over her, strangely not decaying, body. Meanwhile, Eliduc's wife is wondering what's up with her husband; he's always so sad...really sorrowful. So one day she sends a servant to follow him and then to let her know where he's going. The servant tells her and then leads her to the hermitage, where, what should she find but a beautiful, unconcious Guilliadon. Guideleuc immediately realizes this must be her husbands lover. Strangly, she is filled with pity for this beautiful woman who died before her time and she grieves for her. Then all of a sudden two weasels appear and one weasel runs over the fair maid's body, and the servant kills it. The weasel's mate then runs out and comes back with a beautiful red flower in its mouth and places it in the mouth of his mate. The she-weasel wakes up immediately and they start to run off together. Guideleuc says, "quickly man! stop that weasel!" So he stops the weasel and retrieves the flower, which is promptly placed in Guilliadon's mouth, and - you guessed it - she wakes up. The fair maid sees Guideleuc and tells her the whole story of a worthless knight whom she loved, but who abandoned her after she discovered he was actually married. The noble wife then explains that she is that knight's wife and that he has been coming to mourn there every day. She takes the beautiful princess to her husband, and upon seeing his joy, she decides not to stand in their way. She asks her husband to build an abbey, of which, she will be the abbess. And so it is, Guideleuc becomes the abbess of her own abbey, Eliduc marries his love, and they live happily for many years. They do many good deeds, and eventually they decide they want to devote their lives to God, so Guilliadon goes to live with Guideleuc in the Abbey and Eliduc joins a monastary.

The End

Now, I really would like to make some comments here, but I will refrain till I hear what you think of the tale. :)
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8 Responses
  1. How come the cheating jerk gets to live happily ever after? It's nice that they devote themselves to the church at the end... but that also means that they have to live seperately? Hmmmm... I want to hear your comments Jodi!


  2. leftyclick Says:

    What the heck. All I have to say is that Guideleuc must be a pretty good person. I don't know of many women who would just be like: So you love her then, that's okay. And what's up with the husband?! He gets off the hook and gets to be with his lover, then they don't stay together anyway! They could have totally stayed together and served God. I am quite upset with this ending. It is still a very good story. Please share your comments too!


  3. Deshiro Says:

    I was happy when the princess was dead... why couldn't you keep it that way T_T. Then some magic flower saves her...I wish the weasels had gotten away. It was a nice story though. I should show you some of my...stories...although everyone calls them disturbing....

    Maybe they could have all three stayed together in one of those three way wedding thingies. That might have worked if Guideleuc was willing.


  4. seriously! I was so stoked that you continued the post today, but such drama! cheating jerk is right Lindsey. What a wimp Guildeleuc is. I hope that you left out the part where she yells and screams at her lump of a husband. why oh why do we get sucked into these things and call them the great novel. so what do you have to read for class next Jodi? I like story time with Jodi.


  5. I was so interested in the story last night, and so wanted to know the ending, that just like me (always wanting to know the ending NOW), I googled it. I came across some translation of an old French version, and read all 21 pages of the thing. =) Well, I skipped over a battle scene or two, but other than that...


  6. Hahahaha!!! I love you guys!


  7. Anonymous Says:

    Hmmmmm.....I too am concerned as to why the jerk got what he wanted. Where's the part when the ladies team up against him?

    I'm interested in your comments though...do share


  8. Heather Rose Says:

    She-weasel?! Seriously?! I love it.

    And you say I'm better than a movie. Pah!