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Sweet was her voice, as she answered most graciously: "I will stay gladly, and it were better for thy horses, hadst thou asked me properly, long ago." SWEET WAS HER VOICE AS SHE ANSWERED MOST GRACIOUSLY I WILL STAY GLADLY AND IT WERE BETTER FOR THY HORSES HADST THOU ASKED ME PROPERLY LONG AGO
thers and sent them riding after the lady, but each time, one and all returned, chagrined with failure. A woman had beaten them. So the day closed with silence in the castle hall. There was no merry making or story telling that night. The next day, Powell sat again on the mound and once more the golden lady came near. This time, Powell himself left his seat on the mound, leaped on his fleetest horse, and pursued the maiden, robed in gold, on the white horse. But she flitted away, as she had done before from the knights. Again and again, though he could get nearer and nearer to her, he failed. Then the baffled king cried out, in despair, "O maiden fair, for the sake of him whom thou lovest, stay for me." Evidently the lady, who lived in the time of castles and courts, did not care to be wooed in the style of the cave men. Such manners did not suit her, but with a change of method of making love, her heart melted. Besides, she was a kind woman. She took pity on horses, as well as on men.  FAILURE TO REACH THE LADY THEN PAUL PICKED OUT OTHERS AND SENT THEM WRITING AFTER LADY BUT EACH TIME ONE AND ALL RETURNED SHE GRINNED WITH FAILURE A WOMAN HAD BEATEN THEM SO THE DAY CLOSED WITH SILENCE IN THE CASTLE HALL THERE WAS NO MERRY MAKING OR STORY TELLING THAT NIGHT THE NEXT DAY PAUL SAT AGAIN ON THE MOUND AND ONCE MORE THE GOLDEN LADY CAME NEAR THIS TIME PAUL HIMSELF LEFT HIS SEAT ON THE MOUND LEAPED ON HIS FLEETEST HORSE AND PURSUED THE MAIDEN ROBED IN GOLD ON THE WHITE HORSE BUT SHE FLITTED AWAY AS SHE HAD DONE BEFORE FROM THE KNIGHTS AGAIN AND AGAIN THOUGH HE COULD GET NEARER AND NEARER TO HER HE FAILED THEN THE BAFFLED KING CRIED OUT IN DESPAIR O MAIDEN FAIR FOR THE SAKE OF HIM WHOM THOU LOVEST STAY FOR ME EVIDENTLY THE LADY WHO LIVED IN A TIME OF CASTLES AND COURTS DID NOT CARE TO BE WOOED IN THE STYLE OF THE CAVE MAN SUCH MANNERS DID NOT SUIT HER BUT A CHANGE OF METHOD OF MAKING LOVE HER HEART MELTED BESIDES SHE WAS A KIND WOMAN SHE TOOK PITY ON HORSES AS WELL AS ON MEN
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