78 The Flame-F lower

handsome. She tended the wound in his
arm that he had come by in saving Evan’s
life ; and she knew that Griffith was brave.

So they arrived at the camp at Pratulum,
and helped the people to finish the huts;
after that they built a hut for themselves in
the midst of the camp.

Evan and the young man Griffith gave
out the weapons to the men, and practised
them in their use, making them engage in
mock fight one with another. They set up
marks to cast the javelins at, and cut great
bows of yew-tree from the forest, and made
arrows of ash and holly, tipping them with
sharp flints, in readiness for the men of the
North.

When Griffith was near Flamma, she was
glad ; and when he spoke to her, her heart
beat with joy. One day, when Griffith
brought her a golden armlet which he had
found in the grass of the camp, she coloured
with happiness, and could scarcely thank
him.