Dull Glic: (To Princess.) It is best for me
to put you in a hiding-hole under the ground,
that has seven locked doors and seven locks on
the farthest door. It might fail him to make
you out.
Nurse: Oh, it would be hard for her to go
where she cannot hear the voice of a friend or
see the light of day!
Princess: Would you wish me to save myself
and let all the district perish? You heard what
Fintan said. It is not right for destruction to be
put on a whole province, and the women and the
children that I know.
Queen: There is maybe time yet for you to
wed.
Princess: So long as I am living I have a choice.
I will not be saved in that way. It is alone I will
be in my death.
Manus: (Coming to King.) I am going out
from you, King. I might not be coming in to
you again. I would wish to set you free from
the promise you made me a while ago, and the bond.
King: What does it signify now? What does
anything signify, and the world turning here and
there!
Manus: And another thing. I would wish to
ask pardon of the King's daughter. I ought not
to have laid any claim to her, being a stranger in
this place and without treasure or attendance.
And yet ...and yet ...(stoops and kisses hem
of her dress), she was dear to me. It is a man who
never may look on her again is saying that.
(Turns to door.)
Taig: He is going to run from the Dragon!
It is kind father for a scullion to be timid!