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Updated: May 19, 2025
'Mine, said the old man, 'for I built it. And the castle up there and the town were also mine. 'Alas! said Geraint, 'how is it you and yours have lost them? 'For my sins and my greed, said the old man sadly, 'and bitterly have I repented me of my wrong. I am Earl Inewl, but I have lost the lands that made my earldom.
'It may not be, said Sir Geraint; 'I will go to the court of my lord Arthur with this maiden, for I will not rest while Earl Inewl and his dame and daughter go in poverty and rags and trouble. And it is for this I will see my lord, so that something may be done to give them maintenance befitting their station.
Then, because the young earl admired Sir Geraint for his knightly strength, his nobility of manner and his prowess, there was sorrow in his heart for the old Earl Inewl. 'Ah, Sir Geraint, he said, 'I am sorry if your heart is sore because of my kinsman's poor condition; and if you will give me your friendship, I will abide by your counsel and do what you think I should do of right.
And next morning the lands and homesteads and all other his possessions were returned to Earl Inewl, to the last seed-pearl. Thereafter Sir Geraint prepared to return to the court of King Arthur, and the Earl Inewl came to him with the maiden Enid, whose gentle face went pale and red by turns.
Then when Sir Geraint's wound had been washed and salved and bound, and he had placed upon himself his walking attire, the chamberlain of the young earl came to him and asked him to go into the hall to eat. Sir Geraint asked where was Earl Inewl and his wife and daughter.
'I thank thee, fair sir, said Geraint, 'and I will ask ye to restore unto the Earl Inewl all the possessions that were rightly his, and what he should have received up to this day. 'That I will gladly do for your sake, said the young earl. Thus it was agreed; and such of the men in the hall who held lands which rightly belonged to Earl Inewl came and knelt before him and did homage to him.
'Indeed, sir, replied the maiden, gently flushing, 'I am in your hands. And if this fair knight will have it so, he may challenge for me. This said Enid to hide her true thoughts; for indeed she felt that she had never before seen as noble a youth as Geraint, or one for whom her thoughts were so kind. 'Then so shall it be, said Earl Inewl.
But when, thundering together, the two knights had each broken several lances upon the shield of the other, the people eyed Sir Geraint with some regard. When it seemed that the proud knight was the better jouster, the earl and his people shouted, and Inewl and Enid had sad looks. 'Pity it is, said Enid, 'that our young knight hath but that old gaping armour.
'Have your will, sir knight, replied the young earl courteously. 'But I will ask Earl Inewl to permit me to furnish his manor as it should be furnished for your honour and ease. Sir Geraint went back to the manor, conversing with Earl Inewl and his wife, and with the maiden Enid.
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