Heroes of the dawn . 6 HEROES OF THE DAWN from landing ; but though Caeilt^ and his menfought most valiantly they were overpoweredby the strangers, and a great number of theFians were killed. When GoU saw how the battle was goingagainst them, he said to the woman: Let there be peace between us this night,and in the morning, though few of us remain,we will fight again. I wiU let the remnant of your Fians gofree, Goll mac Morna, answered the woman, if you wiU agree to meet me in single you will not, I will carry on the fight untUyou are all dead. Goll arranged to meet her, and the only
Heroes of the dawn . 6 HEROES OF THE DAWN from landing ; but though Caeilt^ and his menfought most valiantly they were overpoweredby the strangers, and a great number of theFians were killed. When GoU saw how the battle was goingagainst them, he said to the woman: Let there be peace between us this night,and in the morning, though few of us remain,we will fight again. I wiU let the remnant of your Fians gofree, Goll mac Morna, answered the woman, if you wiU agree to meet me in single you will not, I will carry on the fight untUyou are all dead. Goll arranged to meet her, and the onlycondition the combatants made was that thefight must be carried on until one or theother was killed; and though Caeiltd andthe warriors tried to dissuade him from doingso, the next morning he armed himself andwent down to the strand. The whole of thatday he and the woman fought together,neither gaining the victory, and for two suc-ceeding days they met again, striking manyhard blows ; but on the eve of the third THE WHOLE DAY HE AND THE WOMAN FOUGHT TOGETHER CHASE OF GLEANN-NA-SMOL 57 when GoU lay down to sleep, he was socovered with wounds that he feared he wouldbe easily conquered on the morrow. But help was nearer to him than heimagined; even then Fionn and his comradeswere hurrying to his aid from the place wherethe woman of the spells thought they werestill in safe keeping. And this is how thespell that bound them was broken. Among the men guarding the Fians wasone who had a beautiful daughter, calledEthne, and often at night she would sit nearthe Fians and listen as they spoke of past warsand adventures. She seemed so gentle andsweet, so unlike the witch and her companions,that each time Diarmuid ODuibhne saw herhe loved her more deeply; and one evening,as they were pacing up and down the sands,he said: Were I free from these evil bonds, Ethne,I would ask you to leave your people, andcome to my home with me, for I love you,and had I the choice of all the women in th
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