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126 there is the young man [he points to the other foot] that is coming to kill him, and Cuchulain doesn’t know. But where’s Conchubar? [Takes bag from side.] That’s Conchubar with all his riches—Cuchulain, young man, Conchubar.—And where’s Aoife? [Throws up cap.] There is Aoife, high up on the mountains in high hungry Scotland. Maybe it is not true after all. Maybe it was your own making up. It’s many a time you cheated me before with your lies. Come to the cooking-pot, my stomach is pinched and rusty. Would you have it to be creaking like a gate?

. I tell you it’s true. And more than that is true. If you listen to what I say, you’ll forget your stomach.

. I won't.

. Listen. I know who the young man’s father is, but I won’t say. I would be afraid to say. Ah, Fool, you would forget everything if you could know who the young man’s father is.

. Who is it? Tell me now quick, or I'll shake you. Come, out with it, or I’ll shake you.

[A murmur of voices in the distance.

. Wait, wait. There’s some- body coming. . . . It is Cuchulain is coming. He’s coming back with the High King. Go and ask Cuchulain. He'll tell you. It’s