"Why did you not, then, remain near the people of the court and the seigneurs of the escort?"
"I saw thee running off rapidly, and I followed thee."
"That throws both you and me into a great perplexity."
"Art thou sorry to find thyself alone here with me?"
"Not at all!" cried Vortigern, "only I fear that this dense mist may change into rain towards evening, and that you may get wet. We should try and join the chase. Do you not think so?"
"In what direction shall we go?"
"It seemed to me a moment ago I heard the feeble sound of horns at a great distance."
"Let us listen again," said Thetralde, bending her charming head to one side, while Vortigern sought to listen from the opposite side.
"Dost thou hear anything?" queried the Emperor's daughter raising her sweet voice and addressing Vortigern, who stood at a little distance. "I can hear nothing."
"Nor I either," rejoined the young Breton.