[linuxdc-dev] a sumpter beast, not very ligh

[Catrini W. <me...@ka...>]

N led the swain up to the Marshal, who asked in his mind what these two
were: and the woman answered his thought and said: "I am the Woman of
the Woods, and the Landwight of Oakenrealm; and this lovely lad whose
hand I hold is my King and thy King and the King of Oakenrealm. Wake,
fool--wake! and look to it what thou wilt do!" And therewith he woke up
crying out, and drew forth his sword. But when he was fully awakened, he
was ashamed, and went into the hall, and sat in his high-seat, and
strove to think out of his troubled mind; but for all he might do, he
fell asleep again; and again in the hall he dreamed as he had dreamed in
the garden: and when he awoke from his dream he had no thought in his
head but how he might the speediest come to the house of Lord Richard
the Lean, and look to the matter of his lord's son and see him with his
eyes, and, if it might be, take some measure with the threat which lay
in the lad's life. Nought he tarried, but set off in an hour's time with
no more company than four men-at-arms and an old squire of his, who was
wont to do his bidding without question, whether it were good or evil.
So they went by frith and fell, by wood and fair ways, till in two days'
time they were come by undern within sight of the C