Not hard to tell, truly, answered the maiden. I was brought up, said she, in ancient virtues, in lawful behaviour in keeping chastity, in equal
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of a queen, in stately form, so that to me is attributed every noble stately form among the hosts of
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women, Good are those virtues, truly, said Cuchulaind, Why then, said he, should it not be fitting for us both to become one? For I have not hitherto found a maiden capable of holding converse with me at a meeting in this wise, A question. Hast thou a wife? said the maiden. For under my protection
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after thee. Not so, said Cuchulaind. I may not marry, said the maiden, before the sister who is older than I am, viz., Fial, daughter of Forgall, whom thou seest near me here. She is an excellent handworker. It is not she, truly, with whom I have fallen in love, said Cuchulaind, Nor have I ever accepted a woman that has known a man before me, and I have been told that yonder girl has slept with Carpre Niafer,20 once.