“He is under geasa about his return,” Bricriu interposed.
Conachúr turned abruptly to him.
“What geasa is that?”
“He will come back in the company of Fergus or of Conall or of the Cú, otherwise he will not come back.”
“Ah!” said Conachúr.
“He was always a sensible, far-seeing boy,” Bricriu continued thoughtfully.
The king’s eye rested on Bricriu for one weighty moment ere he replied:
“We shall send one of the three, or all of the three to fetch him.”
“What is she like?” Emer insisted.
Bricriu replied: