Erec and Enide

News of Erec and Enide’s discovery by Count Oringle reaches Guivret, who becomes determined to save Enide and retrieve Erec’s corpse and give it a proper burial. Guivret approaches the count’s castle with “a thousand men and knights” (145). As Erec rides away from the castle, he sees Guivret’s men and decides to hide Enide behind a hedge for fear that Guivret’s men will kill them. Erec then approaches Guivret and his army, but neither knight is able to recognize the other, as it is nighttime and “the moon was now concealed / and shadowed in a dark cloud’s shade” (146). Erec and Guivret duel, with Guivret easily knocking Erec off his horse. Enide despairs that Erec is about to die and quickly runs out and tells Guivret that killing Erec when he can barely fight back will hurt his reputation. Guivret agrees, telling them that he will let them both go if Enide tells Guivret Erec’s name. Enide agrees to, and Guivret realizes that he has attacked Erec. Guivret explains to Erec that he had been heading to the count’s castle to save him and Enide and asks for Erec’s forgiveness for attacking him.