chase. And as he followed the dogs, he lost his companions; and
whilst he listened to the hounds, he heard the cry of other hounds, a
cry different from his own, and coming in the opposite direction.

And he beheld a glade in the wood forming a level plain, and as his
dogs came to the edge of the glade, he saw a stag before the other
dogs. And lo, as it reached the middle of the glade, the dogs that
followed the stag overtook it and brought it down. Then looked he at
the colour of the dogs, staying not to look at the stag, and of all
the hounds that he had seen in the world, he had never seen any that
were like unto these. For their hair was of a brilliant shining
white, and their ears were red; and as the whiteness of their bodies
shone, so did the redness of their ears glisten. And he came towards
the dogs, and drove away those that had brought down the stag, and
set his own dogs upon it.

And as he was setting on his dogs he saw a horseman coming towards
him upon a large light-grey steed, with a hunting horn round his
neck, and clad in garments of grey woollen in the fashion of a
hunting garb. And the horseman drew near and spoke unto him thus.
"Chieftain," said he, "I know who thou art, and I greet thee not."
"Peradventure," said Pwyll, "thou art of such dignity that thou
shouldest not do so." "Verily," answered he, "it is not my dignity
that prevents me." "What is it then, O Chieftain?" asked he. "By
Heaven, it is by reason of thine own ignorance and want of courtesy."
"What discourtesy, Chieftain, hast thou seen in me?" "Greater
discourtesy saw I never in man," said he, "than to drive away the
dogs that were killing the stag and to set upon it thine own. This
was discourteous, and though I may not be revenged upon thee, yet I
declare to Heaven that I will do thee more dishonour than the value