"'Go down there into that corn-field, and blow the horn, so that my friends may hear it.'
"'Into that corn-field I shall not go, neither shall I blow the horn. I do not follow the counsel of a murderer.'
"'Go, then, down under the gallows, and
gather the balm which you shall find there,
and spread it over my bloody throat.'
"'Under the gallows I shall not go; on your bloody throat I shall spread no balm. I do not follow the counsel of a murderer.'
"She took up the head by the hair, and washed it at a clear fountain.
"She mounted her charger proudly, and, laughing and singing, she rode through the forest.
"When she reached the middle of the forest, she met the mother of Halewyn. 'Beautiful virgin, have you not seen my son?'
"'Your son, the Lord Halewyn, is gone hunting: you will never see him again.
"'Your son, the Lord Halewyn, is dead. I have his head in my apron, which is red with his blood.'
"And when she arrived at her father's gate,
she blew the horn like a man.