And so they came to an abbey of monks, and there were well lodged.

So on the morn they heard their masses in the abbey, and so they rode forth till they came to a great forest; then was Sir Gawaine ware in a valley by a turret, of twelve fair damsels, and two knights armed on great horses, and the damsels went to and fro by a tree.

And then was Sir Gawaine ware how there hung a white shield on that tree, and ever as the damsels came by it they spit upon it, and some threw mire upon the shield--" "Now, if I hadn't seen the like myself in this country, Sandy, I wouldn't believe it.

But I've seen it, and I can just see those creatures now, parading before that shield and acting like that.
The women here do certainly act like all possessed.

Yes, and I mean your best, too, society's very choicest brands.