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Moreover, he chanced to be not on the best of terms with Gadarn just at that time. Then the fact that Bladud had recovered his health and was actively engaged in the search not, indeed, so much for Branwen as for a youth named Cormac was also surprising as well as disagreeable news to Gunrig. "And who is this Cormac in whom the prince seems to be so interested?" he asked.

On beholding the huge forms of Gadarn, Konar, and Beniah coming on in front they turned and fled like autumn leaves before a gale, without waiting even to discharge a single arrow. The courageous Addedomar was overwhelmed by the panic and carried away in the rush.

"Do you know, Gadarn, who this youth Cormac is, whom Bladud raves so much about?" The northern chief was seized at that moment with one of those violent fits of sneezing to which of late he had become unpleasantly subject. "Oh! ye ye y-ha! yes; excuse me, king, but since I went to that Hot Swamp, something seems to have gone wrong wi' wi' ha! my nose."

One expects a man of your years to talk without confusion or is it that you are really more anxious about finding the boy than my girl?" "Nay, that be far from me," answered the Hebrew. "To say truth, I am to the full as anxious to find the one as the other, for it matters not which you " "Matters not!" repeated Gadarn, fiercely.

My lieutenant shall head one. You, Bladud, shall lead another, and I myself will head the third, guided by Beniah. Away!" With a wave of both hands Gadarn dismissed those around him, and retired to his booth to arm himself, and prepare for the pending search. The Hebrew was sorely tempted just then to speak out, but his solemn promise to Branwen sealed his lips.

Hafrydda laughed; and her brother thereupon gave her a full account of the recent interview. "Now, my sister, you were always straightforward and wise. Give me a clear answer. Has Cormac been found?" "No, he has not been found; but " "Then," interrupted Bladud, in a savage tone that was very foreign to his nature, "Gadarn is a liar!" "Oh, brother! say not so." "How can I help it?

That jovial character was enjoying a siesta after the mid-day meal at the time, but willingly arose on the prince being announced. "Glad to see you, Gadarn," said Bladud, entering the room that had been apportioned to the chief, and sitting down on a bench for visitors, which, according to custom, stood against the inner wall of the apartment. "I hope your head is clear and your arm strong."

I bade Branwen remain close in my hut, in a secret chamber, while I should go and acquaint her father with her position, and fetch him down with a strong band of his retainers to rescue her. You should have seen the visage of Gadarn, when I told him the news. A wild boar of the woods could scarce have shown his tusks more fiercely.

It is true Gunrig found it very hard to hold his hand, but as Gadarn had been constituted commander-in-chief without a dissentient voice, in virtue of his superior intelligence and indomitable resolution, he felt bound to obey. Bladud and his friend Dromas, with their contingent, being at the lower end of the flat and far out of bow-shot, were not thus tempted to disobey orders.

During the residence of Gadarn at the court of King Hudibras, that wily northern chief had led the king to understand that one of his lieutenants had at last discovered his daughter Branwen in the hands of a band of robbers, from whom he had rescued her, and that he expected her arrival daily. "But what made the poor child run away?" asked the king at one of his interviews with his friend.