` What is your errand here ? ' asked the woman . ` We seek Olwen the maiden for this youth , ' answered Kai ; ` does she ever come hither so that she may be seen ? ' ` She comes every Saturday to wash her hair , and in the vessel where she washes she leaves all her rings , and never does she so much as send a messenger to fetch them . ' ` Will she come if she is bidden ? ' asked Kai , pondering . ` She will come ; but unless you pledge me your faith that you will not harm her I will not fetch her . ' ` We pledge it , ' said they , and the maiden came . A fair sight was she in a robe of flame-coloured silk , with a collar of ruddy gold about her neck , bright with emeralds and rubies . More yellow was her head than the flower of the broom , and her skin was whiter than the foam of the wave , and fairer were her hands than the blossoms of the wood anemone . Four white trefoils sprang up where she trod , and therefore was she called Olwen . She entered , and sat down on a bench beside Kilweh , and he spake to her : ` Ah , maiden , since first I heard thy name I have loved thee -- wilt thou not come away with me from this evil place ? ' ` That I can not do , ' answered she , ` for I have given my word to my father not to go without his knowledge , for his life will only last till I am betrothed . Whatever is , must be , but this counsel I will give you . Go , and ask me of my father , and whatsoever he shall required of thee grant it , and thou shalt win me ; but if thou deny him anything thou wilt not obtain me , and it will be well for thee if thou escape with thy life . ' ` All this I promise , ' said he . So she returned to the castle , and all Arthur 's men went after her , and entered the hall . ` Greeting to thee , Yspaddaden Penkawr , ' said they . ` We come to ask thy daughter Olwen for Kilweh , son of Kilydd . ' ` Come hither to-morrow and I will answer you , ' replied Yspaddaden Penkawr , and as they rose to leave the hall he caught up one of the three poisoned darts that lay beside him and flung it in their midst .
But Bedwyr saw and caught it , and flung it back so hard XXXXX it pierced the knee of Yspaddaden . '
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