What does Gawain fail to relinquish to Bertilak on the third day of the game?
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Correct answer: A green silk girdle
Gawain breaks the rules of the Exchange of Winnings by keeping the green girdle. He does this not out of greed, but because the Lady tells him it has the magical power to protect his life from the Green Knight's axe.
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