And right therewithal Sir Gringamore went down unto Sir Gareth, and said: “Sir, I cry you mercy, and all that I have misdone I will amend it at your will. And therefore I pray you that ye would alight, and take such cheer as I can make you in this castle.”
“Shall I have my dwarf?” said Sir Gareth.
“Yea, sir, and all the pleasaunce that I can make you, for as soon as your dwarf told me what ye were and of what blood ye are come, and what noble deeds ye have done in these marches, then I repented of my deeds.” And then Sir Gareth alighted, and there came his dwarf and took his horse.
“O my fellow”, said Sir Gareth, “I have had many adventures for thy sake.”
-Sir Thomas Malory, La Morte Darthur
More seriously, I’ve never been able to shake the feeling that somewhere out there in another life, I am a very rich and successful mathematician. But way back when, whoever was meant to drop a calculator into my crib accidentally dropped a book instead, and things went horribly, horribly wrong….
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