those cross queens that live in hungry Scotland.
blind man. I am sure it is her son. I was in Aoife’s country for a long time.
fool. That was before you were blinded for putting a curse upon the wind.
blind man. There was a boy in her house that had her own red colour on him and everybody said he was to be brought up to kill Cuchulain, that she hated Cuchulain. She used to put a helmet on a pillar-stone and call it Cuchulain and set him casting at it. There is a step outside—Cuchulain’s step.
fool. Where is Cuchulain going?
blind man. He is going to meet Conchubar that has bidden him to take the oath.
fool. Ah, an oath, Blind Man. How can I remember so many things at once? Who is going to take an oath?
blind man. Cuchulain is going to take an oath to Conchubar who is High King.
fool. What a mix-up you make of everything, Blind Man! You were telling me one story, and now you are telling me another story. . . . How can I get the hang of it at the end if you mix everything at the beginning? Wait till I settle it out. There now, there’s Cuchulain [he points to one foot], and
