ld and
rusty; but you cannot fight to-morrow.' And the Earl told Geraint
that the Sparrow-hawk gave a prize at the tournament. 'But every
knight who fights to-morrow must have a lady with him,' said the
Earl, 'so that if he wins the prize in fair fight from the
Sparrow-hawk, he may give it to her. But you have no lady to whom
you could give the prize, so you will not be allowed to fight.'

'Let me fight as your beautiful Enid's knight,' said Geraint. 'And
if I win the prize for her, let me marry her, for I love her more
than any one else in all the world.'

Then the Earl was pleased, for he knew that if the Prince took Enid
away, she would go to a beautiful home. And though the old castle
would be more dreary than ever without her, he loved his fair
daughter too well to wish to keep her there.

'Her mother will tell Enid to be at the tournament to-morrow,' said
the Earl, 'if she be willing to have you as her knight.'

And Enid was willing. And when she slept that night she dreamed of
noble deeds and true knights, and always in her dream the face of
each knight was like the face of Prince Geraint.

Early in the morning Enid woke her mother, and together they went
through the meadows to the place where the tournament was to be
held.

And the Earl and Geraint followed, and the Prince wore the Earl's
rusty arms, but in spite of these, every one could see that he was
a Prince.

A great many lords and ladies and all the townspeople came to see
the tournament.

Then the Sparrow-hawk came to the front of the great crowd, and
asked if any one claimed his prize. And he thought, 'No one here is
brave enough to fight with me.'

But Geraint was brave, and he called out loudly, 'I claim the
prize for the fairest lady in the field.' And he glanced at Enid in
her faded silk dress.

Then, in a great rage, the Sparrow-hawk got ready for the fight
with Enid's champion, and they fought so fiercely that three times
they broke their spears. Then they got off their horses, and fought
with their swords. And the lords and ladies and all the townspeople
marvelled that Geraint was still alive, for the Sparrow-hawk's
sword flashed like lightning round the Prince's head.

But Geraint, because he was fighting for the Queen, and to win the
gracious Enid for his bride, brought down his sword with all his
strength on the Sparrow-hawk's helmet. The blow brought the knight
to the ground, and Geraint put his foot on him, and demanded his