betide
thee?"
"Right
willing am
I," she
said, "to
be free
and happy
and to
save the
life of a
fair youth
and kind."
"Then,"
said he,
"there is
one thing
for thee
to do:
that this
day thou
wed this
fair and
kind
youth, and
let him
lead thee
forth from
Greenharbour;
and,
belike, he
will bring
thee to no
ill stead;
for his
friends
are
mightier
than
mayhappen
thou
deemest."
She turned
as red as
blood at
his word;
she knit
her brows,
and her
eyes
