Idallan sighed, and they proceeded towards their horses.
'Hold! what do I see?' cried Ryno.
'Where?' asked Idallan.
'A white veil, the earthly covering which the fairies left behind them when they mounted into the air.'
The two knights rushed towards the veil, and both caught hold of it at the same moment. 'It belonged to the damsel saved by me, and is therefore mine!' exclaimed Idallan.
Ryno.--I saw it first.
Idallan.--My blood flowed in the strife by which we have obtained it!
Ryno.--It is mine, I will not yield it up.
Idallan.--Nor I, but with my life.
Both held the veil fast, and it was in imminent danger of being torn in pieces.