Goldilind rode on, hastening yet to put as many miles as she mightbetwixt her and Greenharbour. Within a three hours from her bathing shefell a-hungering sore, and knew not what to do to eat, till she found apouch made fast to the saddle-bow, and therein a little white loaf, that andno more, which she took and ate the half of with great joy, sitting down bya brook-side, whence she had her drink.
Then again she mounted, and rode on till dusk overtook her just as shecame to a little river running from the north from pool to shallow, andshallow to pool. And whereas she was now exceeding weary, and thegood horse also much spent, and that the grass was very sweet and softdown to the water's edge, and that there was a thick thorn-bush to coverher, she made up her mind that this place should be her bed-chamber. Soshe took saddle and bridle off the horse, as he must needs bite the grass,and then when she had eaten the other half of her bread, she laid her downon the green grass, with her head on the saddle, and when she had lainlistening to the horse cropping the grass close anigh her for a minute ortwo, she fell fast asleep, and lay there long and had no dreams.