Young Huw's first love interest is Shani Hughs, whom he meets in the National School. She is very kind and nurturing, and he brings her a nightingale egg. When the miners are on strike and the people of the valleys begin to suffer from poverty, Huw shares his food with Shani. Shani's family moves away from the area.
Ceinwen Phillips, whose brother Mervyn starts fights with Huw, is aggressively in love with Huw and finds reasons to visit his neighborhood to see him. She eventually is able to seduce him and he loses his virginity with her on the mountain. Ceinwen will be Huw's only sexual partner.
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