“I put you under bonds of heavy enchantment,” said Fin, “not to eat twice at the one table, nor to sleep two nights in the one bed, till you bring a white steed with red bridle and saddle to me, and the same to each man of the Fenians of Erin.”
“You are very severe, O Fin,” said the woman. “I beg you to soften the sentence.”
“No,” answered Fin, “you must give what is asked; I will not soften the sentence.”
“Look behind,” said the woman.
Fin turned, and saw a white steed for himself, and the like for each man of the Fenians of Erin, all with red bridles and saddles.
“Play a second game, now,” said the woman.
They played, and she won.
“Hasten, kind woman,” said Fin, “and tell me the sentence.”
“Too soon for you to hear it,” said she.
“The sooner I hear it, the better,” said Fin.