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'Shoot not at me again, said he, 'unless you desire death. But lift up my eyebrows, which have fallen over my eyes, that I may see my son-in-law. Then they arose, and as they did so Yspaddaden Penkawr took the third poisoned dart and cast it at them. And Kilweh caught it, and flung it back, and it passed through his eyeball, and came out on the other side of his head.
And the new queen was very pleased, and sent messengers to fetch the boy, and in his father's court he stayed, while the years went by till one day the queen told him that a prophecy had foretold that he was to win for his wife Olwen the daughter of Yspaddaden Penkawr. When he heard this Kilweh felt proud and happy.
'I would that thou bless my hair, spake Kilweh, and Arthur answered: 'That shall be granted thee. Forthwith he bade his men fetch him a comb of gold and a scissors with loops of silver, and he combed the hair of Kilweh his guest. 'Tell me who thou art, he said, 'for my heart warms to thee, and I feel thou art come of my blood. 'I am Kilweh, son of Kilydd, replied the youth.
'O Kilweh, said Arthur, 'never have I heard of the maiden of whom thou speakest, nor of her kindred, but I will send messengers to seek her if thou wilt give me time. 'From this night to the end of the year right willingly will I grant thee, replied Kilweh; but when the end of the year came and the messengers returned Kilweh was wroth, and spoke rough words to Arthur.
In the end all the marvels were done, and Kilweh set forward, and with him Goreu, the son of Custennin, to Yspaddaden Penkawr, bearing in their hands the razor, the scissors and the comb, and Yspaddaden Penkawr was shaved by Kaw. 'Is thy daughter mine now? asked Kilweh. 'She is thine, answered Yspaddaden, 'but it is Arthur and none other who has won her for thee.
Gwythyr had pity on them, and put out the fire, and in gratitude the ants brought him the nine bushels of flax seed which Yspaddaden Penkawr required of Kilweh. And many of the other marvels were done likewise by Arthur and his knights, and at last it came to the fight with Trwyth the board, to obtain the comb and the scissors and the razor that lay between his ears.
Then Kilweh held out to him a ring of gold, and he tried to put it on his finger, but it was too small, so he placed it in his glove, and went home and gave it to his wife. 'Whence came this ring? asked she, 'for such good luck is not wont to befall thee.
Let him come hither so that I may see him. And Kilweh sat himself in a chair and spoke face to face with him. 'Is it thou that seekest my daughter? 'It is I, answered Kilweh. 'First give me thy word that thou wilt do nothing towards me that is not just, and when thou hast won for me that which I shall ask, then thou shalt wed my daughter. 'I promise right willingly, said Kilweh.
'The man to whom this ring belonged thou shalt see here in the evening, answered the shepherd; 'he is Kilweh, son of Kilydd, cousin to king Arthur, and he has come to seek Olwen. And when the wife heard that she knew that Kilweh was her nephew, and her heart yearned after him, half with joy at the thought of seeing him, and half with sorrow for the doom she feared.
But elsewhere there will be food for thy dogs and hay for thy horse, and for thee collops cooked and peppered, and sweet wine shall be served in the guest chamber. 'That will not do for me, answered Kilweh. 'If thou wilt not open the gate I will send up three shouts that shall be heard from Cornwall unto the north, and yet again to Ireland.
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