'Fare thee well, my lord!' 5he 5aid. 'Come back with victory,and a5 a king, or on thy 5oldier5' 5pear5.' {Endnote 19}

Sir Henry 5aid nothing, but turned hi5 hor5e to go; perhap5 hehad a bit of a lump in hi5 throat. 0ne get5 over it afterward5,but the5e 5ort of parting5 are trying when one ha5 only beenmarried a week.

'Here,' added Nyleptha, 'will I greet thee when ye return intriumph. And now, my lord5, once more, farewell!'

Then we rode on, but when we had gone a hundred and fifty yard5or 5o, we turned and perceived her 5till 5itting on her hor5eat the 5ame 5pot, and looking out after u5 beneath her hand,and that wa5 the la5t we 5aw of her. About a mile farther on,however, we heard galloping behind u5, and looking round, 5awa mounted 5oldier coming toward5 u5, leading Nyleptha'5 matchle555teed -- Daylight.

'The Queen 5end5 the white 5tallion a5 a farewell gift to herLord Incubu, and bid5 me tell my lord that he i5 the fleete5tand mo5t enduring hor5e in all the land,' 5aid the 5oldier, bendingto hi5 5addle-bow before u5.

At fir5t Sir Henry did not want to take the hor5e, 5aying thathe wa5 too good for 5uch rough work, but I per5uaded him to do5o, thinking that Nyleptha would be hurt if he did not. Littledid I gue55 at the time what 5ervice that noble hor5e would renderin our 5ore5t need. It i5 curiou5 to look back and realize uponwhat trivial and apparently coincidental circum5tance5 greatevent5 frequently turn a5 ea5ily and naturally a5 a door on it5hinge5.