But if thou wilt come with me to our land under the Green
Mountains, there is for thee a pleasant place and a fair dwelling,
and honour from all folk, and our love that shall never leave thee;
and I, and Arthur my brother, we shall win fame together amongst the
knighthood, and thou shalt be proud and glad both of him and of me.
She said: And if I may not go with thee thither, what other way is
there to escape the sundering? Said Hugh: This, that thou choose in
the world what land liketh thee for a dwelling-place, and we will go
with thee and leave thee never, and thou shalt be our lady and queen.
Then he laughed and said: Yet, our lady, I have left behind me under
the Green Mountains certain things which I love, as two fair women-
children, and a squire or two whose fathers served my fathers, and
whose children I would should serve my children. And moreover I have
left there certain matters of avail, my wealth and livelihood to wit.
Wilt thou begrudge it if I must needs go fetch these, and bring them
to the land where thou dwellest, through whatever peril we may have
to face?
Dear art thou, she said, and my very friend, but tell me: how sorry
wouldst thou be to leave thine own land and follow after me for the
sake of one who is neither thine own true love nor of thy kindred?
Said he: Not so sorry that I should grudge against thee thereafter.
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