` If thou wilt not open the gate I will send up three shouts that shall be heard from Cornwall unto the north , and yet again to Ireland . ' ` Whatsoever clamour thou mayest make , ' spake Glewlwyd the porter , ` thou shalt not enter until I first go and speak with Arthur . ' Then Glewlwyd went into the hall , and Arthur said to him : ` Hast thou news from the gate ? ' and the porter answered : ` Far have I travelled , both in this island and elsewhere , and many kingly men have I seen ; but never yet have I beheld one equal in majesty to him who now stands at the door . ' ` If walking thou didst enter here , return thou running , ' replied Arthur , ` and let everyone that opens and shuts the eye show him respect and serve him , for it is not meet to keep such a man in the wind and rain . ' So Glewlwyd unbarred the gate and Kilweh rode in upon his charger . ` Greeting unto thee , O ruler of this land , ' cried he , ` and greeting no less to the lowest than to the highest . ' ` Greeting to thee also , ' answered Arthur . ` Sit thou between two of my warriors , and thou shalt have minstrels before thee and all that belongs to one born to be a king , while thou remainest in my palace . ' ' I am not come , ' replied Kilweh , ` for meat and drink , but to obtain a boon , and if thou grant it me I will pay it back , and will carry thy praise to the four winds of heaven . But if thou wilt not grant it to me , then I will proclaim thy discourtesy wherever thy name is known . ' ` What thou askest that shalt thou receive , ' said Arthur , ` as far as the wind dries and the rain moistens , and the sun revolves and the sea encircles and the earth extends . Save only my ship and my mantle , my word and my lance , my shield and my dagger , and Guinevere my wife . ' ' I would that thou bless my hair , ' spake Kilweh , and Arthur answered : ` That shall be granted thee . ' Forthwith he bade his men fetch him a comb of gold and a scissors with loops of silver , and he combed the hair of Kilweh his guest . ` Tell me who thou art , ' he said , ` for my heart warms to thee , and I feel thou art come of my blood . ' ' I am Kilweh , son of Kilydd , ' replied the youth . ` Then my cousin thou art in truth , ' replied Arthur , ` and whatsoever boon thou mayest ask thou shalt receive . ' ` The boon I crave is that thou mayest win for me Olwen , the daughter of Yspaddaden Penkawr , and this boon I seek likewise at the hands of thy warriors . From Sol , who can stand all day upon one foot ; from Ossol , who , if he were to find himself on the top of the highest mountain in the world , could make it into a level plain in the beat of a bird 's wing ; from Cluse , who , though he were buried under the earth , could yet hear the ant leave her nest fifty miles away : from these and from Kai and from Bedwyr and from all thy mighty men I crave this boon . ' '
O Kilweh , ' said Arthur , ` never have I heard of the maiden XXXXX whom thou speakest , nor of her kindred , but I will send messengers to seek her if thou wilt give me time . '
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