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Rh art, and I will not salute thee.' 'In that case,' said Pwyỻ, 'perhaps thy dignity is such that thou shouldst not. 'By my faith,' said he, 'it is not the dignity of my rank that prevents me.' 'Ah, prince,' said Pwyỻ, 'what else?' 'By my faith,' said he, 'it is thy bad manners and ungentlemanly conduct.' 'What ungentlemanly conduct, prince,' said Pwyỻ, 'hast thou seen me guilty of?' 'I have never seen a man guilty of more ungentlemanly conduct than to drive away from the stag the dogs that had killed him, and to lure thy own dogs to him: that,' said he, 'I call ungentlemanly conduct; and though I avenge myself not on thee, by my faith I shall cause thee disgrace exceeding the value of a hundred stags.' 'Ah, prince,' said Pwyỻ, 'if I have done wrong I will purchase thy good-will.' 'In what way,' said he, 'wilt thou purchase it?' 'According to thy rank,' said Pwyỻ: 'I know not who thou art.' 'I am,' said he, 'a crowned king in the country from which I come.' 'Lord,' said Pwyỻ, 'good day to thee, and what country is it from which thou comest?' 'From Hades,' said he; 'I am Arawn king of Hades.' 'Lord,' said Pwyỻ, 'how can I obtain thy good-will?' 'This is how thou shalt,' said Arawn: 'one whose territory is over against mine is always making war on me, and that is Havgan, a king of Hades. In return for ridding me of that scourge, which thou canst easily do, shalt thou have my good-will.' 'That will I do gladly,' said Pwyỻ; 'and do thou tell me in what way I may succeed.' 'I will make a strong covenant,' said Arawn, 'with thee; and this is what I shall do: I shall set thee in my place in Hades, and give thee the most beautiful woman thou hast ever seen to sleep with thee every night. Thou shalt have