| But Elaine was gazing worshipfully at Lancelot, and seemed incapable of hearing. |
| Here she isn't the rather selfish and silly queen of legend, cuckolding Arthur with Lancelot. |
| Let Lancelot carry her off while they can still leave Arthur's heart broken but mendable. |
| Tennyson attributes the decline of the Round Table in part to Guinevere's betrayal of Arthur with the knight Lancelot. |
| Later we have his incestuous seduction by his half-sister Morgan Le Fay, and the love triangle among Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere. |
| Elaine did not seem to hear Lynette, as she continued to babble on about Sir Lancelot. |
