name.
And all the pride of the Sparrow-hawk was gone because Enid had
seen his fall, and he quickly told Geraint his name was Edyrn.
'I will spare your life,' said Geraint, 'but you must go to the
Queen and ask her to forgive you, and you must take the dwarf with
you. And you must give back to Earl Yniol his earldom and all his
treasures.'
Edyrn went to the Queen and she forgave him; and he stayed at the
court and grew ashamed of his rough and cruel deeds. At last he
began to fight for King Arthur, and lived ever after as a true
knight.
When the tournament was over, Geraint took the prize to Enid, and
asked her if she would be his bride, and go to the Queen's court
with him the next day. And Enid was glad, and said she would go.
In the early morning, Enid lay thinking of her journey. 'I have
only my faded silk dress to wear,' she sighed, and it seemed to her
shabbier and more faded than ever, as it hung there in the morning
light. 'If only I had a few days longer, I would weave myself a
dress. I would weave it so delicately that when Geraint took me to
the Queen, he would be proud of it,' she thought. For in her heart
she was afraid that Geraint would be ashamed of the old faded silk,
when they reached the court.
And her thoughts wandered back to the evening before her birthday,
three long years ago. She could never forget that evening, for it
was then that their home had been sacked. Then she thought of the
morning of that day when her mother had brought her a beautiful
gift. It was a dress, made all of silk, with beautiful silk flowers
woven into it. If only she could have worn that, but the robbers
had taken it away.
But what had happened? Enid sat up and rubbed her eyes. For at that
moment her mother came into the room, and over her arm was the very
dress Enid had been thinking of.
'The colours are as bright as ever,' said the mother, touching the
silk softly. And she told Enid how last night their scattered
treasures had been brought back, and how she had found the dress
among them.
'I will wear it at once,' said Enid, a glad look in her eyes. And
with loving hands her mother helped her to put on the old birthday
gift.
Downstairs the Earl was telling Geraint that last night the
Sparrow-hawk had sent back all their treasures. 'Among them is one
of Enid's beautiful dresses. At last you will see her dressed as a
Princess,' said the Earl gladly.
But Geraint remembered that he had first seen
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