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 Carle. "I think the best course for us will be that from Slieve Luachra, in Munster, back here to Ben Edar. It may be a trifle over the sixty miles you insist on, but that will not matter to the champion you are. To-morrow we will walk sociably together to Slieve Luachra, and the day afterwards begin our little race back."

"Very well," Cael muttered, and turning his back contemptuously on the Carle, marched away.

The next day Gael and the Carle set out together to walk to Slieve Luachra, and it could not have been a very pleasant journey thither for the Carle, because, though he was friendly enough, Cael treated him with the utmost scorn on account of his appearance. Towards sunset they reached their destination, and then the Carle said:

"I'm thinking, Cael, it would be wise to put up some kind of covering to shelter us this night."

"You can do as you like," Cael replied, "but don't imagine for a minute that I'm going to help you build either house or hut