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Mrs Greenberg and the new lady on the till…. Starring Glenda Jackson as the Narrator and Mrs Whitaker, and Kit Harington as Sir Galaad. This sound designed, multi-voiced reading is an extended cut, including material not heard in the radio broadcast, and is introduced by an exclusive interview with Neil Gaiman. But her charity shop find soon makes her the focal point of a most important quest when a handsome young man - who says he’s called Galaad - comes asking for the Grail. Mrs Whitaker just wants to have a chat with her dear friend Mrs Greenberg over home-made macaroons. Whitaker is about to buy a lamp from the secondhand shop, but she decides against it whens she realizes what it is.Neil Gaiman’s delightfully quirky story, in which Mrs Whitaker discovers the Holy Grail in a charity shop. We Are Not Going Through That Again: At the end of the story, Mrs.Despite that she is denying him the Grail, Galahad is grateful. Whitaker feeds Galahad, serves him tea, and packs food for the long journeys back. This inspires Galahad to returns with gifts in exchange for payment.

Whitaker refuses, but she invites him to come again and makes sure to serve him tea. Politeness Judo: Galahad tries this at first to ask for the Grail.After he leaves, she needs to cry for a few minutes, Whitaker, after tasting a drop of the apple that would have given her eternal youth and immortality, holds herself together as she politely turns it down and packs the Grail and some food for Galahad.

Nice Guy: Galahad is pure, kind, and honorable.She puts slugs in a basket to take outside her garden rather than kill them, treats Galahad with Sacred Hospitality, and takes fruit cakes to a friend in the hospital. Whitaker is generous with her time, food, and kindness.

Whitaker likes to keep it on her mantelpiece.

Hero Antagonist: A downplayed version of the trope Galahad wants the Grail, but Mrs.

Friend to All Children: Galahad gives the children rides on his horse and teaches them how to feed lumps of sugar to his mount.

She washes the blood out of the Holy Grail, makes it look nice, and turns down an apple that would have given her eternal youth because that sort of thing is not proper for old ladies. She soaks the Grail in a cleaning solution and manages to make it shiny clean. Whitaker sees a lot of dried blood in the Grail. Whitaker refuses, because of how nice it looks. Of course, a certain knight is coming for the Grail, and asks for it. It looks good on her mantelpiece after she cleans it. Whitaker, a retiree and a widow, finds the Holy Grail in a secondhand shop where she buys her romance novels. The cure, however, does have a significant side-effect which, in turn, produces many unforeseen developments. "Chivalry" is a short story by Neil Gaiman.