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Updated: May 4, 2025
Still the feast went on for three days and three nights. And they drank and made merry. And the whole Bardic Association entertained the nobles with the choicest music and professional accomplishments. But Seanchan sulked and would neither eat nor drink, for he was jealous of the nobles of Connaught.
Now Irusan heard these words in his cave, and he said to his daughter Sharp-tooth: 'Seanchan has satirised me, but I will be avenged. 'Nay, father, she said, 'bring him here alive that we may all take our revenge. 'I shall go then and bring him, said Irusan; 'so send thy brothers after me.
And in time he and Guaire were reconciled; and Seanchan and all the ollaves, and the whole Bardic Association, were feasted by the king for thirty days in noble style, and had the choicest of viands and the best of French wines to drink, served in goblets of silver. And in return for his splendid hospitality the Bardic Association decreed unanimously a vote of thanks to the king.
But he passed on amongst them, not minding till he came to Seanchan; and him he seized by the arm and jerked him up on his back, and made off the way he came before any one could touch him; for he had no other object in view but to get hold of the poet. Now Seanchan, being in evil plight, had recourse to flattery.
Then the king called a beautiful maiden to him, his foster-daughter, and said, 'Lady, bring thou this wheaten cake and this dish of salmon to the illustrious poet, and serve him thyself. So the maiden went. But when Seanchan saw her he asked: 'Who sent thee hither, and why hast thou brought me food?
So he sent his favourite serving-man, a person of mild manners and cleanliness, to offer special dishes to the bard. 'Take them away, said Seanchan; 'I'll have none of them. 'And why, O Royal Bard? asked the servitor. 'Because thou art an uncomely youth, answered Seanchan. 'Thy grandfather was chip-nailed I have seen him; I shall eat no food from thy hands.
'My lord the king sent me, O Royal Bard, she answered, 'because I am comely to look upon, and he bade me serve thee with food myself. 'Take it away, said Seanchan, 'thou art an unseemly girl, I know of none more ugly. I have seen thy grandmother; she sat on a wall one day and pointed out the way with her hand to some travelling lepers.
How could I touch thy food? So the maiden went away in sorrow. And then Guaire the king was indeed angry, and he exclaimed, 'My malediction on the mouth that uttered that! May the kiss of a leper be on Seanchan's lips before he dies! Now there was a young serving-girl there, and she said to Seanchan, 'There is a hen's egg in the place, my lord, may I bring it to thee, O Chief Bard?
So as long as he lived he had the chief place at the feast, and all the nobles there were made to sit below him, and Seanchan was content.
'It will suffice, said Seanchan; 'bring it that I may eat. But when she went to look for it, behold the egg was gone. 'Thou hast eaten it, said the bard, in wrath. 'Not so, my lord, she answered; 'but the mice, the nimble race, have carried it away.
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