Owain saluted the
yellow man, than he was saluted by him in return.

And he went forward towards the Castle, and there he saw the chamber; and
when he had entered the chamber, he beheld the maidens working at satin
embroidery, in chairs of gold. And their beauty, and their comeliness
seemed to Owain far greater than Kynon had represented to him. And they
arose to wait upon Owain, as they had done to Kynon. And the meal which
they set before him, gave more satisfaction to Owain than it had done to
Kynon.

About the middle of the repast the yellow man asked Owain the object of
his journey. And Owain made it known to him, and said, "I am in quest of
the Knight who guards the fountain." Upon this, the yellow man smiled,
and said that he was as loth to point out that adventure to Owain as he
had been to Kynon. However he described the whole to Owain, and they
retired to rest.

The next morning Owain found his horse made ready for him by the damsels,
and he set forward and came to the glade where the black man was. And
the stature of the black man seemed more wonderful to Owain, than it had
done to Kynon, and Owain asked of him his road, and he showed it to him.
And Owain followed the road, as Kynon had done, till he came to the green
tree; and he beheld the fountain, and the slab beside the fountain with
the bowl upon it. And Owain took the bowl, and threw a bowlful of water
upon the slab. And lo, the thunder was heard, and after the thunder came
the shower, much more violent than Kynon had described, and after the
shower, the sky became bright. And when Owain looked at the tree, there
was not one leaf upon it. And immediately the birds came, and settled
upon the tree, and sang. And when their song was most pleasing to Owain,
he beheld a Knight coming towards him through the valley, and he prepared
to receive him; and encountered him violently. Having broken both their
lances, they drew their swords, and fought blade to blade. Then Owain
struck the Knight a blow through his helmet, head piece and visor, and
through the skin, and the flesh, and the bone, until it wounded the very
brain. Then the black Knight felt that he had received a mortal wound,
upon which he turned his horse's head, and fled. And Owain pursued him,
and followed close upon him, although he was not near enough to strike
him with his sword. Thereupon Owain descried a vast and resplendent
Castle. And they came to the Castle gate. And th