"
Cuculain laughed and replied, "Good, O Conall, and who asked thee
to take it, or craved of thee any succour or countenance? Was it a
straight shot? Are there the materials of a fighter in me at all,
dost thou think? Thou art in my debt now too, O Conall. I have
saved thee a broken vow, for it is one of the oaths of our Order
not to enter hostile territory with brittle chariot-gear!"
Then the boys laughed at him again, and Laeg let go the steeds,
and very soon they were out of sight. Conall returned slowly with
his broken chariot to Ath-na-Forairey and sent for Fingin of
Slieve Fuad, who was the most cunning physician and most expert of
bone-setters amongst the Ultonians. Conall's messengers
experienced no difficulty in finding the house of the leech, which
was very recognisable on account of its shape and appearance, and
because it had wide open doors, four in number, affording a
liberal ingress and free thoroughfare to all the winds. Also a
stream of pure water ran through the house, derived from a well of
healing properties, which sprang from the side of the uninhabited
hill.
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