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He saw that before him lay some fighting and much hard riding, so inside the next hour he had his men full-fed. Before this was finished the spare horses and those of his men came in, for Turlough had ordered them to start at noon and ride around in case of need.
Until evening Turlough led him at a distance from the main roads, then they struck into good riding again and save for one detour to avoid Tuam would have a clear road between themselves and Galway, which Brian meant to reach before dawn unless his own horse foundered with the rest.
Now Brian's heart filled with new hope, and after no long discussion they decided to adopt the plan. Nuala was of the opinion that a short cruise would do Brian great good, so they decided to set off that evening in her two ships, leaving Turlough to keep the castle against Cathbarr's return.
She had just returned from Kinsale, where she had been aiding Blake hold Prince Rupert's fleet in the bay. Now Rupert had slipped away, and after plundering a French ship with wines, she had come home again. "She seems a woman of heart," smiled Brian. "What of her looks?" "I did not see her." Turlough shook his head. "She ordered my message written out, so she has some clerkly learning.
The giant did not yet quite comprehend exactly what plan had flashed across the brain of old Turlough, so as they rode Brian made the thing clearer to him. When the simple and straightforward Cathbarr grasped the matter, he smote his horse's neck with a bellow of laughter. "Ho!
Except from the water, it was almost impregnable; cannon might have reached it from shore, but two axmen could have held the narrow way against an army. Brian laughed softly and ordered the men to remain where they were. "What are you going to do, master?" queried old Turlough anxiously. "I am going to lean on my sword, as you advised me," chuckled Brian, and rode on alone.
"At any rate, she has served me well this time. Now, what rede shall we follow in this matter, and shall we capture and slay the Dark Master first, or fall on his men first, or both together?" "It is ill to sunder a force of men, master," quoth Turlough. "If those horsemen of O'Donnell's are encamped in a valley two miles to the north, it is a vale of which I know well.
"Turlough," he went on as the scheme came to him more clearly, "at dawn ride out with a hundred men to that hill-road where first we met the Dark Master. Hide the men in the hills, and be ready to ride hard when the time comes. Cathbarr, before the dawn breaks have the wagons start out with twenty of the Scots troopers as escort.
Six days before this the Dark Master had arrived at Swineford, with Turlough an hour behind him. The old Wolf, whose cunning made up for his lack of courage, had made shift to get two of O'Donnell's dozen men embroiled with the Maguires.
It would rather have me!" cried Turly, dancing about impishly at the same time, trying to shake the pot off his head by the movement. "Do you mean to be disobedient, Turlough?" "The pot is awfully disobedient," said Turly. "I tell you it won't come off." "We'll see about that," said Nurse Nancy, putting her hands to the pot. But to her consternation it refused to move.
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