drank, until late in the afternoon, when lo, they heard a mighty
clamour in the Castle; and Owain asked the maiden what that outcry
was. "They are administering extreme unction," said she, "to the
Nobleman who owns the Castle." And Owain went to sleep.

The couch which the maiden had prepared for him was meet for Arthur
himself; it was of scarlet, and fur, and satin, and sendal, and fine
linen. In the middle of the night they heard a woful outcry. "What
outcry again is this?" said Owain. "The Nobleman who owned the
Castle is now dead," said the maiden. And a little after daybreak,
they heard an exceeding loud clamour and wailing. And Owain asked
the maiden what was the cause of it. "They are bearing to the church
the body of the Nobleman who owned the Castle."

And Owain rose up, and clothed himself, and opened a window of the
chamber, and looked towards the Castle; and he could see neither the
bounds, nor the extent of the hosts that filled the streets. And
they were fully armed; and a vast number of women were with them,
both on horseback and on foot; and all the ecclesiastics in the city,
singing. And it seemed to Owain that the sky resounded with the
vehemence of their cries, and with the noise of the trumpets, and
with the singing of the ecclesiastics. In the midst of the throng,
he beheld the bier, over which was a veil of white linen; and wax
tapers were burning beside and around it, and none that supported the
bier was lower in rank than a powerful Baron.

Never did Owain see an assemblage so gorgeous with satin, and silk,
and sendal. And following the train, he beheld a lady with yellow
hair falling over her shoulders, and stained with blood; and about
her a dress of yellow satin, which was torn. Upon her feet were