e may come to his death."

That night Llew Llaw Gyffes returned to his home. And the day they spent
in discourse, and minstrelsy, and feasting. And at night they went to
rest, and he spoke to Blodeuwedd once, and he spoke to her a second time.
But, for all this, he could not get from her one word. "What aileth
thee," said he, "art thou well?" "I was thinking," said she, "of that
which thou didst never think of concerning me; for I was sorrowful as to
thy death, lest thou shouldest go sooner than I." "Heaven reward thy
care for me," said he, "but until Heaven take me I shall not easily be
slain." "For the sake of Heaven, and for mine, show me how thou mightest
be slain. My memory in guarding is better than thine." "I will tell
thee gladly," said he. "Not easily can I be slain, except by a wound.
{100} And the spear wherewith I am struck must be a year in the forming.
And nothing must be done towards it except during the sacrifice on
Sundays." "Is this certain?" asked she. "It is in truth," he answered.
"And I cannot be slain within a house, nor without. I cannot be slain on
horseback nor on foot." "Verily," said she, "in what manner then canst
thou be slain?" "I will tell thee," said he. "By making a bath for me
by the side of a river, and by putting a roof over the cauldron, and
thatching it well and tightly, and bringing a buck, and putting it beside
the cauldron. Then if I place one foot on the buck's back, and the other
on the edge of the cauldron, whosoever strikes me thus will cause my
death." "Well," said she, "I thank Heaven that it will be easy to avoid
this."

No sooner had she held this discourse than she sent to Gronw Pebyr. Gronw
toiled at making the spear, and that day twelvemonth it was ready. And
that very day he caused her to be informed thereof.

"Lord," said Blodeuwedd unto Llew, "I have been thinking how it is
possible that what thou didst tell me formerly can be true; wilt thou
show me in what manner thou couldst stand at once upon the edge of a
cauldron and upon a buck, if I prepare the bath for thee?" "I will show
thee," said he.

Then she sent unto Gronw, and bade him be in ambush on the hill which is
now called Bryn Kyvergyr, on the bank of the river Cynvael. She caused
also to be collected all the goats that were in the Cantrev, and had them
brought to the other side of the river, opposite Bryn Kyvergyr.

And the next day she spoke thus. "Lord," said she, "I have cause