Ogier terminated this affair as expeditiously as he had so often done others. The Saracens having dared to offer battle, he bore the Oriflamme through the thickest of their ranks; Papillon, breathing fire from his nostrils, threw them into disorder, and Cortana, wielded by his invincible arm, soon finished their overthrow. The king, victorious over the Saracens, led back the Danish hero to Paris, where the deliverer of France received the honors due to his valor. Ogier continued some time at the court, detained by the favor of the king and queen; but erelong he had the pain to witness the death of the king. Then it was that, impressed with all the perfections which he had discerned in the queen, he could not withhold the tender homage of the offer of his hand. The queen would perhaps have accepted it, she had even called a meeting of her great barons to deliberate on the proposition, when, the day before the meeting was to be held, at the moment when Ogier was kneeling at her feet, she perceived a crown of gold which an invisible hand had placed on his brow, and in an instant a cloud enveloped Ogier, and he disappeared forever from her sight. It was Morgana, the fairy, whose jealousy was awakened at what she beheld, who now resumed her power, and took him away to dwell with her in the island of Avalon. There, in company with the great King Arthur of Britain, he still lives, and when his illustrious friend shall return to resume his ancient reign he will doubtless return with him, and share his triumph. GLOSSARY Abdalrahman, founder of the independent Ommiad (Saracenic) power in Spain, conquered at Tours by Charles Martel. Aberfraw, scene of nuptials of Branwen and Matholch. Absyrtus, younger brother of Medea. Abydos, a town on the Hellespont, nearly opposite to Sestos. Abyla, Mount, or Columna, a mountain in Morocco, near Ceuta, now called Jebel Musa or Ape's Hill, forming the Northwestern extremity of the African coast opposite Gibraltar (See Pillars of Hercules). Acestes, son of a Trojan woman who was sent by her father to Sicily, that she might not be devoured by the monsters which infested the territory of Troy. Acetes, Bacchanal captured by Pentheus. Achates, faithful friend and companion of Aeneas. Achelous, river-god of the largest river in Greece--his Horn of Plenty. Achilles, the hero of the Iliad, son of Peleus and of the Nereid Thetis, slain by Paris. Acis, youth loved by Galatea and slain by Polyphemus. Acontius, a beautiful youth, who fell in love with Cydippe, the daughter of a noble Athenian. Acrisius, son of Abas, king of Argos, grandson of Lynceus, the great-grandson of Danaus. Actaeon, a celebrated huntsman, son of Aristaeus and Autonoe, who, having seen Diana bathing, was changed by her to a stag and killed by his own dogs. Admeta, daughter of Eurystheus, covets Hippolyta's girdle. Admetus, king of Thessaly, saved from death by Alcestis.