“You shall listen to my instructions to our dear Fergus, and you shall be the witness to this arrangement.”
Fergus thereupon stood up and Conachúr seated himself.
“Fergus, my friend, you shall go to Scotland and bring back to this court the three sons of Uisneac and the woman Deirdre. There shall be no delay about the execution of this duty.”
“There shall be no delay,” Fergus affirmed.
“The instant they set foot in Ireland you shall proceed here with them; and if, from any cause whatsoever, you cannot come yourself, you shall cause them to come to me without the delay of even one half-hour.”
“That will be done,” said Fergus, “but I shall be with them.”
“With you or without you, whether they arrive by day or by night in Ireland, they shall be sent here to me without the delay of even one half-hour.”
“That will be done,” said Fergus.
“I bind that on you to the letter,” said Conachúr.
“I accept it so,” Fergus returned. “I shall bring my two sons to Scotland, and if, by any miracle, I should be delayed myself, they shall go forward with every speed and deliver these four people safely at Emain Macha.”