Without avail: Was Sir Launfal's long quest entirely without
avail? Compare the last lines of Tennyson's _Holy Grail_, where Arthur
complains that his knights who went upon the Holy Quest have followed
"wandering fires, lost in the quagmire," and "leaving human wrongs to
right themselves."
320, 321. _Matthew_ xxvi, 26-28; _Mark_ xiv, 22-24.