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He looked down
therewith and said: I will come to thee myself; and will bring thee
men-at-arms, if need be. But sometime to-morrow morning my lords
will come, save mischief hath betid, which God forbid. And he
crossed himself; then he looked up and full in her face, and said:
But keep thine heart up; for whatsoever may betide, thou shalt not be
left uncared for.
Said Birdalone: I see of thee that thou art become my good friend,
and it rejoiceth my heart; I shall be well at ease to-night in thy
cot, and to-morrow morn I shall be valiant to do thy bidding.
The sweetness of her speech so overcame him, that he but looked
confusedly on her, as if he scarce heard her; and they went on
together without more words, till he said: Here are we at the cot,
and I will show thee thy chamber. So he led her to a little thatched
bower, built with walls of wattle-work daubed with clay, which stood
without the remnant of the cot: it was clean and dry, for the roof
was weather-tight; but there was nought in it at all save a heap of
bracken in a corner.


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