I would fain get a sight of the king 's son before he marries , ' sighed she . ` Come with me , then , ' answered he ; ` the servants are all my friends , and they will let you stand in the passage down which the king 's son will pass , and all the company too . ' Up they went to the castle , and when the young men saw the girl standing there , they led her into the hall where the banquet was laid out and poured her out some wine . She was just raising the glass to drink when a flame went up out of it , and out of the flame sprang two pigeons , one of gold and one of silver . They flew round and round the head of the girl , when three grains of barley fell on the floor , and the silver pigeon dived down , and swallowed them . ` If thou hadst remembered how I cleaned the byre , thou wouldst have given me my share , ' cooed the golden pigeon , and as he spoke three more grains fell , and the silver pigeon ate them as before . ` If thou hadst remembered how I thatched the byre , thou wouldst have given me my share , ' cooed the golden pigeon again ; and as he spoke three more grains fell , and for the third time they were eaten by the silver pigeon . ` If thou hadst remembered how I got the magpie 's nest , thou wouldst have given me my share , ' cooed the golden pigeon . Then the king 's son understood that they had come to remind him of what he had forgotten , and his lost memory came back , and he knew his wife , and kissed her . But as the preparations had been made , it seemed a pity to waste them , so they were married a second time , and sat down to the wedding feast . From ` Tales of the West Highlands . ' The Lady of the Fountain . In the centre of the great hall in the castle of Caerleon upon Usk , king Arthur sat on a seat of green rushes , over which was thrown a covering of flame-coloured silk , and a cushion of red satin lay under his elbow . With him were his knights Owen and Kynon and Kai , while at the far end , close to the window , were Guenevere the queen and her maidens embroidering white garments with strange devices of gold . ' I am weary , ' said Arthur , ` and till my food is prepared I would fain sleep . You yourselves can tell each other tales , and Kai will fetch you from the kitchen a flagon of mean and some meat . ' And when they had eaten and drunk , Kynon , the oldest among them , began his story . ' I was the only son of my father and mother , and much store they set by me , but I was not content to stay with them at home , for I thought no deed in all the world was too mighty for me . None could hold me back , and after I had won many adventures in my own land , I bade farewell to my parents and set out to see the world . Over mountains , through deserts , across rivers I went , till I reached a fair valley full of trees , with a path running by the side of a stream .
I walked along that path all the day , and in the evening I came XXXXX a castle in front of which stood two youths clothed in yellow , each grasping an ivory bow , with arrows made of the bones of the whale , and winged with peacock 's feathers .
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