the book. Then arose the same joyful strain as of old, and in a trice the Green Knight was there, and he wondered much to know how she had got thither.

So she told him all about it, and how it had happened; and when they had eaten and drunk he took her straight up to the castle, and told the king the whole story from beginning to end. Then there was such a bridal and such a feast; and when it was over they set off to the bride's home, and there was great joy in her father's heart; but they took the stepmother and rolled her down-hill in a cask full of spikes.