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And so Mark did, and ordered Tristan by his barons to go off without delay

Then Tristan came near the Queen for his farewell, and as they looked at one another the Queen in sha pitied her, and spoke his nephew thus for the first tis; take then frorey, as ," said Tristan, "neither a penny nor a link of hty King in the Lowlands"

And he turned rein and went doards the sea, but Iseult followed hi way off she did not turn

Now at the news of the peace, reat and small, ran out of the town in a crowd to meet Iseult, and while they mourned Tristan's exile they rejoiced at the Queen's return

And to the noise of bells, and over pavings streith branches, the King and his counts and princes ates of the palace were thrown open that rich and poor ht enter and eat and drink at will

And Mark freed a hundred of his slaves, and armed a score of squires that day with hauberk and with sword

But Tristan that night hid with Orri, as the Queen had counselled him