<P> Lanval , a knight in King Arthur 's court , envied for `` his valor , his generosity , his beauty , his prowess '' , is forgotten from being invited to a banquet where the King distributed rewards , and falls into penury . Lanval rode out to a meadow one day and lay down by a stream . Two women appear and direct him to a tent to see their lady , who is in love with him . Lanval is immediately struck by the lady 's beauty ( who is never mentioned by name ) and they become lovers . She blesses him that , `` the more richly he spends , the more gold and silver he will have , '' and that she will come when he wants her , but only on the condition that he does not tell anyone else of her . </P>
the lady whom lanval meets in the meadow warns him that he will never see her again if
he does not tell anyone else of her