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That evening they left the country for ever, and Jegu, without their help, grew poorer and poorer, and at last died of misery, while Barbaik was glad to find work in the market of Morlaix. From 'Le Foyer Breton, par E. Souvestre. The Winning of Olwen There was once a king and queen who had a little boy, and they called his name Kilweh.
'It will be easy for me to compass this, although thou mayest deem it will not be easy, answered Kilweh, thinking of Ossol, under whose feet the highest mountain became straightway a plain, but Yspaddaden paid no heed, and continued: 'Seest thou that field yonder? When my daughter was born nine bushels of flax were sown therein, and not one blade has sprung up.
'We come to ask thy daughter Olwen for Kilweh, son of Kilydd. 'Come hither to-morrow and I will answer you, replied Yspaddaden Penkawr, and as they rose to leave the hall he caught up one of the three poisoned darts that lay beside him and flung it in their midst. But Bedwyr saw and caught it, and flung it back so hard that it pierced the knee of Yspaddaden.
'If walking thou didst enter here, return thou running, replied Arthur, 'and let everyone that opens and shuts the eye show him respect and serve him, for it is not meet to keep such a man in the wind and rain. So Glewlwyd unbarred the gate and Kilweh rode in upon his charger. 'Greeting unto thee, O ruler of this land, cried he, 'and greeting no less to the lowest than to the highest.
She entered, and sat down on a bench beside Kilweh, and he spake to her: 'Ah, maiden, since first I heard thy name I have loved thee wilt thou not come away with me from this evil place? 'That I cannot do, answered she, 'for I have given my word to my father not to go without his knowledge, for his life will only last till I am betrothed. Whatever is, must be, but this counsel I will give you.
Then Arthur summoned his five best men and bade them go with Kilweh.
'Greeting to thee also, answered Arthur. 'Sit thou between two of my warriors, and thou shalt have minstrels before thee and all that belongs to one born to be a king, while thou remainest in my palace. 'I am not come, replied Kilweh, 'for meat and drink, but to obtain a boon, and if thou grant it me I will pay it back, and will carry thy praise to the four winds of heaven.
Kilweh was quite happy with his nurse, and ran races and climbed hills with the children who were his playfellows, and in the winter, when the snow lay on the ground, sometimes a man with a harp would stop and beg for shelter, and in return would sing them songs of strange things that had happened in the years gone by. But long before this changes had taken place in the court of Kilweh's father.
About him was a robe of purple, and an apple of gold was at each corner, and every one of the apples was of the value of a hundred cows. And the blades of grass bent not beneath him, so light were his horse's feet as he journeyed toward the gate of Arthur's palace. 'Is there a porter? cried Kilweh, looking round for someone to open the gate.
'What aileth thee, my son? asked his father at last, when Kilweh had forgotten something he had been bidden to do, and Kilweh blushed red as he answered: 'My stepmother says that none but Olwen, the daughter of Yspaddaden Penkawr, shall be my wife. 'That will be easily fulfilled, replied his father. 'Arthur the king is thy cousin.
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