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I do not profess to understand the workings of a young girl's mind," answered the Hebrew. "And what will you do," said Bladud, "now that you find she has not been here? Methinks that when Gadarn hears of your failure to find her at the Swamp, your spinal marrow and his sword will still stand a good chance of becoming acquainted."
You seem to be contradicting yourself, but I don't wonder, in the circumstances." "Verily, I wonder at nothing, in the circumstances, for they are perplexing even distressing," returned the Hebrew with a sigh, as he wiped his eyes with the sleeve of his coat. "Better not speak with your mouth full, then. Ah! poor Gadarn," said Bladud, in an obviously indifferent tone of voice. "I'm sorry for him.
This gradually and slowly faded, and gave place to an expression of doubt. "Are you sure, child? sure that you " "Quite quite sure," interrupted Cormac with emphasis. "But that is not all listen!" Gadarn listened again; and, as the whispering continued, there came the wrinkles of humour over his rugged face; then a snort that caused Cormac to laugh ere he resumed his whispering.
"By the way," continued Bladud, who had resumed the drumstick, "has that fellow Gadarn found his daughter Branwen?" Beniah choked on a bone, or something, at that moment, and, looking at the prince with the strangest expression of face, and tears in his eyes, explained that he had not at least not to his, Beniah's, absolutely certain knowledge.
The moon was indeed risen, but clouds entirely hid it, yet allowed a soft light to pass through which rendered objects close at hand quite visible. Before midnight they started on the march in profound silence, and, led by Beniah, made a wide detour which brought them to the encampment of Gadarn.
"Right, my young friend," rejoined Gadarn; "though you do speak in the tones of one who has been born under other stars, there is sense in your head. That is the very thing I mean to do. We will divide into four bands. I will keep the biggest at the camp to drive them down the slope and begin the fight.
Mother was not as careful as she might have been at that time, and lost me a pretty wife. Good! Things are turning out well to-day. We will rout Gadarn, find his daughter and this so-called lad, and then I shall have two wives instead of one." The robber chief had just come to this satisfactory conclusion, when another scout arrived. "How now, varlet? Do you bring good news?"
And so, in course of time, we came within a few miles of the Hot Swamp, and and, as I have said, I have been permitted to turn aside to visit you." "Truly a strange tale," remarked the prince. "And is the armed host of Gadarn actually within a few miles of us?"
"Is that so?" asked Cormac of the Hebrew, pointedly. "It is so." "What is the name of the chief whose daughter has been so foolish as to run away from her friends?" "Gadarn," answered Beniah. "Oh! I know him!" exclaimed Cormac in some excitement, "and I know many of his people. I lived with them once, long, long ago. How far off is the camp, did you say?" "An hour's walk or so."
Gadarn obediently went, holding his sides as if in agony, and sneezing in a manner that caused the roof-tree of the palace to vibrate. Returning to his own room he found the little old woman in grey awaiting him. "You've been laughing again, father," she said. "I see by the purpleness of your face. You'll burst yourself at last if you go on so." "Oh! you little old hag oh! Cormac oh!
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