[Unseen by DEIRDRE, NAISI is gagged.

The very moment these eyes fell on him,

I told him; I held out my hands to him;

How could he refuse? At first he would not—

I am not lying—he remembered you.

What do I say? My hands?—No, no, my lips—

For I had pressed my lips upon his lips—

I swear it is not false—my breast to his;

[CONCHUBAR motions; NAISI, unseen by DEIRDRE, is taken behind the curtain.

Until I woke the passion that’s in all,