then urin let bear all that magnificence before the king , but it was hidden in sacks or shut in boxes of rough wood ; and tinwelint greeted urin with joy and with amaze and bid him thrice welcome , and he and all his court arose in honour of that lord of men ; but urin 's heart was blind by reason of his tormented years and of the lies of melko , and he said : `` nay , 0 king , i do not desire to hear such words -- but say only , where is mavwin my wife , and knowest thou what death did nienori my daughter die ? > and tinwelint said that he knew not .