"
Fergus Mac Roy, when he heard that word, sat up with eyes bright-
blazing in his head. Dearer to him than all the rest were those
sons of Usna, namely--Naysi, Anli, and Ardane, and dearest of the
three was Naysi, who excelled all the youth of his time in beauty,
valour, and accomplishments.
"Bind that man!" cried Concobar. His voice rang terribly through
the vast chamber. Truly it sheared through men's souls like a
dividing sword.
His guards took the man and bound him. "Lead him away now," said
Concobar," and stone him with stones even to the parting of body
with soul."
The man was one of Deirdre's guard.
A great silence fell upon the assembly after that and no man
spoke, only they looked at the King and then again at the
Champion, and, as it were, questioned one another silently with
their eyes. It was the silence behind which run the Fomorh,
brazen-throated and clad with storm. Well knew those wise men that
what they long apprehended had come now to pass, namely, the
fierce and truceless antagonism of the King and of the ex-King.
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