"Behold Erec was in the forest, and the others had paused over those lying in the field. They declared their intentions and swore at the top of their voices to spur in pursuit of him for two days or three rather than fail to capture and kill him. The count heard their words. Seriously wounded in the side, he raised himself a little and opened his eyes slightly."
He realized the number of men he brought vastly outnumbered Erec. He demanded one of his knights tend to his wound so he could finish off Erec and take the lady back to his town so she could become his beloved. The count ordered the knights to pursue Erec as he took shelter in the forest. They knew a hundred of them could outlast just one man and woman for three days. Panicking, Erec and Enide scrambled to find shelter from the knights coming their way. Eventually, they found a cave large enough to hide the two of them plus the horses.
Enide was frightened - she felt like this was entirely her fault. If she never told her beloved what the other knights were saying about him, then they would not be in a cold, dark shelter that is not suitable for either of them. She turned to her beloved to speak but quickly regretted doing so. Erec yelled with anger "why do you continue to disrespect me! This is your fault we are here. You have disrespected me too many times."
Just then, one of the count's knights galloped by. He signaled to the count as he found the location of the targets. All hundred of the knights gathered around awaiting the signal to ambush. The count dropped his hand, and all the knights rushed in taking both refugees by surprise. Half of the knights took Erec away to his impending doom. The other half followed the count home with Enide by his side.
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