The romance tells of how they triumphed over every conceivable test to which their friendship was subjected.

Often and often the witchcraft of woman worked to separate them, but could not.

Both married, yet after marriage their friendship was just as strong as before.

Each has to fight many times on account of the other, and suffer all things which it is most hard for a proud and brave man to bear.

But everything is suffered cheerfully, and the friends are such true knights that, in all their trials, neither does anything wrong, or commits the slightest fault against truth--until a certain sad day.