“They may escape with her. When they come out my men may run from them. If they escape this time, father, I am dead.”
“If I help you, Conachúr——?”
“I shall do anything you ask. Nothing you can demand will be too much for Conachúr.”
“It is the woman you want?”
“The woman only.”
“It is not the blood of these boys you lust for?”
“The woman, father, only the woman.”
“I shall help you, Conachúr. Do not lay one finger on my daughter’s sons, the sons of your young sister.”
“They are out,” the captain said, as a great roar came from the soldiers.