The inferences that show you that the knight has in fact learned his lesson come from the old lady's response when he gave her the choice to do what she wanted in the way she pitched it to him in the first place. "'And have I gained Mastery?' she said, since I must choose and govern as I see fit? ...'Kiss me,' she cried. “No arguments! On my oath and my word of honor, you will both find me....’” (Page 149, lines 382-386). She is so excited that he gave her the decision all by herself that she exclaims and swears that she will both be right for him, he has definitely learned his