He said a while ago that he heard Aoife boast that she’d never but the one lover, and he the only man that had overcome her in battle. (A pause.)
FINTAIN.
Somebody is trembling. Why are you trembling, fool? the bench is shaking, why are you trembling? Is Cuchullain going to hurt us? It was not I who told you, Cuchullain.
BARACH.
It is Cuchullain who is trembling. He is shaking the bench with his knees.
CUCHULLAIN.
He was my son, and I have killed my son.
(A pause.)
’Twas they that did it, the pale windy people,