"Go, gladly," he said, "and come here again when I
require thee." And Geraint went to sleep, and so did Enid also.

And the youth came to the place where the Earl was, and the Earl asked
him where the lodgings of the knight were, and he told him. "I must go,"
said the youth, "to wait on him in the evening." "Go," answered the
Earl, "and greet him well from me, and tell him that in the evening I
will go to see him." "This will I do," said the youth. So he came when
it was time for them to awake. And they arose, and went forth. And when
it was time for them to take their food they took it. And the youth
served them. And Geraint enquired of the man of the house, whether there
were any of his companions that he wished to invite to him, and he said
that there were. "Bring them hither, and entertain them at my cost with
the best thou canst buy in the town."

And the man of the house brought there those whom he chose, and feasted
them at Geraint's expense. Thereupon, behold, the Earl came to visit
Geraint, and his twelve honourable knights with him. And Geraint rose
up, and welcomed him. "Heaven preserve thee," said the Earl. Then they
all sat down according to their precedence in honour. And the Earl
conversed with Geraint and enquired of him the object of his journey. "I
have none," he replied, "but to seek adventures, and to follow my own
inclination." Then the Earl cast his eye upon Enid, and he looked at her
steadfastly. And he thought he had never seen a maiden fairer or more
comely than she. And he set all his thoughts and his affections upon
her. Then he asked of Geraint, "Have I thy permission to go and converse
with yonder maiden, for I see that she is apart from thee?" "Thou hast
it, gladly," said he. So the Earl went to the place where the maiden
was, and spake with her. "Ah, maiden," said he, "it cannot be pleasant
to thee to journey thus with yonder man!" "It is not unpleasant to me,"
said she, "to journey the same road that he journeys." "Thou hast
neither youths nor maidens to serve thee," said he. "Truly," she
replied, "it is more pleasant for me to follow yonder man than to be
served by youths and maidens." "I will give thee good counsel," said he.
"All my Earldom will I place in thy possession, if thou wilt dwell with
me." "That will I not, by Heaven," she said, "yonder man was the first
to whom my faith was ever pledged; and shall I prove inconstant to him?"
"Thou art in the wr