"Does this branch belong to thee?" asked Cormac of the youth.
"Truly it does," replied the youth.
"Wilt thou sell it to me?" said Cormac.
"I never had aught that I would not sell for a price," said the young man.
"What is thy price?" asked Cormac.
"The price shall be what I will," said the young man.
"I will give thee whatever thou desirest of all that is mine," said Cormac, for he coveted the branch exceedingly, and the enchantment was heavy upon him.
So the youth gave him the bell-branch, and then said, "My price is thy wife and thy son and thy daughter."
Then they went together into the palace and found there Cormac's wife and his children. "That is a wonderful jewel thou hast in thy hand, Cormac," said Ethne.
"It is," said Cormac, "and great is the price I have paid for it."