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The Well at the World's End: a tale by William Morris
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to thy skill for my supper. Go swiftly and come back speedily.
Do off thine hauberk, and beat the bushes down in the valley,
and bring me some small deer, as roe or hare or coney.
And wash thee in the pool below the stepping-stones, as I
shall do whiles thou art away, and by then thou comest back,
all shall be ready, save the roasting of the venison."

So he did off his wargear, but thereafter tarried a little, looking at her,
and she said: "What aileth thee not to go? the hunt's up." He said:
"I would first go see the rock-hall that is for our chamber to-night;
wilt thou not bring me in thither?" "Nay," she said, "for I must be busy
about many matters; but thou mayst go by thyself, if thou wilt."

So he went and stooped down and entered the cave, and found it
high and wide within, and clean and fresh and well-smelling,
and the floor of fine white sand without a stain.

So he knelt down and kissed the floor, and said aloud:
"God bless this floor of the rock-hall whereon my love shall
lie to-night!" Then he arose and went out of the cave,
and found the Lady at the entry stooping down to see what
he would do; and she looked on him fondly and anxiously;
but he turned a merry face to her, and caught her round
the middle and strained her to his bosom, and then took
the bow and arrows and ran down the slope and over the stream,
into the thicket of the valley.

He went further than he had looked for, ere he found a prey
to his mind, and then he smote a roe with a shaft and slew her,
and broke up the carcase and dight it duly, and so went his ways back.
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