Soon they heard steps approaching, and Kai and the rest entered into the house and ate and drank. After that the woman opened a chest, and out of it came a youth with curling yellow hair.
'It is a pity to hide him thus,' said Gwrhyr, 'for well I know that he has done no evil.'
'Three and twenty of my sons has Yspaddaden slain, and I have no more hope of saving this one,' replied she, and Kai was full of sorrow and answered:
'Let him come with me and be my comrade, and he shall never be slain unless I am slain also.' And so it was agreed.
'What is your errand here?' asked the woman.
'We seek Olwen the maiden for this youth,' answered Kai; 'does she ever come hither so that she may be seen?'
'She comes every Saturday to wash her hair, and in the vessel where she washes she leaves all her rings, and never does she so much as send a messenger to fetch them.'
'Will she come if she is bidden?' asked Kai, pondering.
'She will come; but unless you pledge me your faith that you will not harm her I will not fetch her.'