butheturnedamerryfacetoher,andcaughtherroundthemiddleandstrainedhertohisbosom,andthentookthebowandarrowsandrandowntheslopeandoverthestream,intothethicketofthevalley。
Hewentfurtherthanhehadlookedfor,erehefoundapreytohismind,andthenhesmotearoewithashaftandslewher,andbrokeupthecarcaseanddightitduly,andsowenthiswaysback。
Whenhecametothestreamhelookedupandsawalittlefireglitteringnotfarfromthecave,buthadnoclearsightoftheLady,thoughhethoughthesawhergownflutteringnighoneofthethorn-bushes。
Thenhedidoffhisraimentandenteredthatpoolofthestream,andwasgladtobathehiminthesameplacewhereherbodyhadbeenbutoflate;forhehadnotedthatthestonesofthelittleshorewerestillwetwithherfeetwhereshehadgoneupfromthewater。
Butnow,asheswamandsportedinthesun-warmedpoolhedeemedheheardthewhinnyingofahorse,butwasnotsure,soheheldhimselfstilltolisten,andheardnomore。