So the girl went to meet him, and never had she gone on a journey that she deemed prouder or more joyous than that journey. And she gave the youth a welcome from Scáthach and from herself; and she put a hand over his neck, and gave him a kiss lovingly and loyally, and this she said: ‘Well, thou youth,’ says she, ‘come with me that I may give thee guidance to a lodging tonight.’