Her maiden to demand it of the dwarf;
Who being vicious, old and irritable,
And doubling all his master’s vice of pride, 195
Made answer sharply that she should not know.
“Then will I ask it of himself,” she said.
“Nay, by my faith, thou shalt not,” cried the dwarf;
“Thou art not worthy ev’n to speak of him;”
And when she put her horse toward the knight, 200
Struck at her with his whip, and she return’d
Indignant to the Queen; at which Geraint