ready, youth, to learn who she is." "My lord," said he, "that will I
gladly do." And thereupon the lady came opposite to them. So the
youth mounted his horse; and before he had settled himself in his
saddle, she passed by, and there was a clear space between them. But
her speed was no greater than it had been the day before. Then he
put his horse into an amble, and thought that notwithstanding the
gentle pace at which his horse went, he should soon overtake her.
But this availed him not; so he gave his horse the reins. And still
he came no nearer to her than when he went at a foot's pace. And the
more he urged his horse, the further was she from him. Yet she rode
not faster than before. When he saw that it availed not to follow
her, he returned to the place where Pwyll was. "Lord," said he, "the
horse can no more than thou hast seen." "I see indeed that it avails
not that any one should follow her. And by Heaven," said he, "she
must needs have an errand to some one in this plain, if her haste
would allow her to declare it. Let us go back to the palace." And
to the palace they went, and they spent that night in songs and
feasting, as it pleased them.

And the next day they amused themselves until it was time to go to
meat. And when meat was ended, Pwyll said, "Where are the hosts that
went yesterday and the day before to the top of the mound?" "Behold,
Lord, we are here," said they. "Let us go," said he, "to the mound,
to sit there. And do thou," said he to the page who tended his
horse, "saddle my horse well, and hasten with him to the road, and
bring also my spurs with thee." And the youth did thus. And they
went and sat upon the mound; and ere they had been there but a short
time, they beheld the lady coming by the same road, and in the same
manner, and at the same pace. "Young man," said Pwyll, "I see the
lady coming; give me my horse." And no sooner had he mounted his