were to their wish and desire. And this being done, the feast went
on, and he denied no one while it lasted. And when the feast was
ended, Pwyll said unto Heveydd, "My Lord, with thy permission I will
set out for Dyved to-morrow." "Certainly," said Heveydd, "may Heaven
prosper thee. Fix also a time when Rhiannon may follow thee." "By
Heaven," said Pwyll, "we will go hence together." "Willest thou
this, Lord?" said Heveydd. "Yes, by Heaven," answered Pwyll.

And the next day, they set forward towards Dyved, and journeyed to
the palace of Narberth, where a feast was made ready for them. And
there came to them great numbers of the chief men and the most noble
ladies of the land, and of these there was none to whom Rhiannon did
not give some rich gift, either a bracelet, or a ring, or a precious
stone. And they ruled the land prosperously both that year and the
next.

And in the third year the nobles of the land began to be sorrowful at
seeing a man whom they loved so much, and who was moreover their lord
and their foster-brother, without an heir. And they came to him.
And the place where they met was Preseleu, in Dyved. "Lord," said
they, "we know that thou art not so young as some of the men of this
country, and we fear that thou mayest not have an heir of the wife
whom thou hast taken. Take therefore another wife of whom thou
mayest have heirs. Thou canst not always continue with us, and
though thou desire to remain as thou art, we will not suffer thee."
"Truly," said Pwyll, "we have not long been joined together, and many
things may yet befall. Grant me a year from this time, and for the
space of a year we will abide together, and after that I will do
according to your wishes. So they granted it. And before the end of
a year a son was born unto him. And in Narberth was he born; and on