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136 THE WELL OF D'YERREE-LN-DOWAN.
He went in then, drew the sword, and gave a fine
light to them all, and to everybody that was in the
island. They then gave him a good supper, and he
went to sleep. When he was going away in the morn-
ing, the man of the house asked him for the honour of
God, to leave the sword with them.
" Since you asked for it in the honour of God; you
must have it," said the king's son.
He walked the second day till the darkness was
coming. He went to another great house, beat the
door, and it was not long till the woman of the house
came to him, and he asked lodgings of her. The man
of the house came and said :
"I can give you that; but I have not a drop of water
to dress food for you."
"I have plenty of water myself," said the king's son.
He went in, drew out the bottle, and there was not a
vessel in the house he did not fill, and still the bottle was
full. Then a supper was dressed for him, and when he
ate and drank his enough, he went to sleep. In the
morning, when he was going, the woman asked of him, in
the honour of God, to leave them the bottle.
"Since it has chanced that you ask it for the honour
of God," said the king's son, " I cannot refuse you, for my
mother put me under gassa (mystic obligations), before
she died, never, if I could, to refuse anything that a
person would ask of me for the honour of God."
Then he left the bottle to them.
He walked the third day until darkness was coming,
and he reached a great house on the side of the road.
He struck the door; the man of the house came out, and
he asked lodgings of him.
" I can give you that, and welcome," said the man ;
"but I'm grieved that I have nota morsel of bread for you.'*