Heroes of the dawn . imal. 96 HEROES OF THE DAWN which immediately turned its head andbreathed an encircling mist about it, and whenit cleared away Donn and Dubhan saw thatthe cups and dishes contained whatever hadbeen asked for. The King of Ulsters sons looked andlooked again, and forgot their danger in re-maining in this place of magic. They forgot,also, that they had broken the promise ofsolitude Fionn had given on behalf of theFians to the three men of Norway. In amoment or two, without turning round tolook at them, the man sitting by the side ofthe dog said : O hound of wonder and power,
Heroes of the dawn . imal. 96 HEROES OF THE DAWN which immediately turned its head andbreathed an encircling mist about it, and whenit cleared away Donn and Dubhan saw thatthe cups and dishes contained whatever hadbeen asked for. The King of Ulsters sons looked andlooked again, and forgot their danger in re-maining in this place of magic. They forgot,also, that they had broken the promise ofsolitude Fionn had given on behalf of theFians to the three men of Norway. In amoment or two, without turning round tolook at them, the man sitting by the side ofthe dog said : O hound of wonder and power, the wordgiven by Fionn has been set aside, and thosewho have broken it are near. The hound rose, and suddenly assuming itsgigantic size breathed hard in the direction ofthe brothers. Each breath was like a strongrushing wind ; with one breath their shieldswere blown from their shoulders into therampart of fire, with another their weaponswere wrenched from their hands and destroyedalso. Then the man who appeared to be. ONE OF THE THREE MEN LAY MOTIONLESS ON THE GROUND THE MYSTERIOUS HOUND 97 dead rose from the ground, and the threebrothers attacked Donn and Dubhan, whohaving no arms to defend themselves with,were killed. Breathe on them, hound, and make themas though they had never lived, said themen. The hound blew a fiery breath on thebodies of Donn and Dubhan, and immediatelythey were burned into little heaps of ashes,which were blown hither and thither by thewind. In the morning it was told to Fionn thatDonn and his brother had disappeared, and hesent his men all through Ireland searching forthem; but the Fians returned, saying therewas no trace anywhere of the King of Ulsterssons. When Fionn heard that he placed histhumb of knowledge in his mouth, and divinedinstantly the dreadful death that had happenedto Donn and Dubhan. Terrible then was thewrath that fiUed him against the King ofNorways sons—for Fionn alone had power tojudge any misdeed or broken word of theFianna—a
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