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He said awhile 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.
Yeats
FOOL.
That blind man there said that she owned him for her son.
CUCHULAIN.
I had rather he had been some other woman's son.
What father had he?
A
soldier out of Alba?
She was an amorous woman--a proud, pale, amorous
woman.
BLIND MAN.
None knew whose son he was.
CUCHULAIN.
None knew!
Did you know, old listener at doors?
BLIND MAN.
No, no; I knew nothing.
FOOL.
He said awhile 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.
[_Pause.
_
BLIND MAN.
Somebody is trembling, Fool!
The bench is shaking.
Why are you
trembling?
Is Cuchulain going to hurt us?
It was not I who told you,
Cuchulain.
FOOL.
It is Cuchulain who is trembling.
It is Cuchulain who is shaking the
bench.
BLIND MAN.
It is his own son he has slain.
CUCHULAIN.
'Twas they that did it, the pale, windy people.
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