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 or whatever else the enchanter might choose to make him. The man seemed to know what Fionn was thinking, and laughed as he said:

"I shall do you no harm. On the contrary, if I can serve you at any time I will gladly do so, in return for the service you have unknowingly rendered me."

"Indeed, then," said Fionn, "it would please me if vou would take that enchantment from my men. They are of no use to me as they are. Afterwards, perhaps, you will tell me who you and that young girl are, and why you appeared in forms not your own."

He glanced at his men, and laughed out loud as he saw them standing stiffly there, unable to put one foot before the other or even raise a finger. The enchanter laughed also, then he waved his hand upward, and power returned to the Fians.

"Now," said the man to Fionn, "it will give me much pleasure if you and your comrades will take supper with me; afterwards I will relate to you our story. It will not take us long to reach my dun, which is just on the other side of the hill."