Challenge of the clans by Flint Kenneth C

Author:Flint, Kenneth C
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Finn Mac Cumhaill
Publisher: New York, NY : Bantam
Published: 1986-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

"My husband?" came the voice of Muirae. She now stood at the doorway of the hall. Her expression was anxious, her eyes flicking from Finn to the chieftain. "What is it? Why is this warrior here, and so

late?;;

"Come in, my wife!" Nuadat said heartily. "I was about to fetch you anyway." He rose and lifted an arm in welcome. "Come here and join us."

She crossed the room to his table. He pointed to the bench beside Finn.

"Sit here!" he told her.

She exchanged a worried, puzzled look with Finn, then sat down next to him. Nuadat stayed on his feet, beaming down at the pair.

"I kept Finn here so late because I wanted to talk to him, and to you, alone."

That had an ominous ring to it, but a broad grin continued to split his wide face. "Muime, iVe become most interested in the young man, that I have. I wanted to see him more closely. I was noticing his hair especially. Most amazing. Its color rivals even your own, and iVe never seen another that could come close."

He leaned forward suddenly, fixing a hard gaze on Finn. His voice took on a demanding tone. "Just who are you at all, lad?"

At first flustered by this direct question, Finn desperately fell back on the identity Caoilte had told him to use in such a circumstance.

"I—I am a son of the countryman of the Luigne of Meath, my chiefi:an," he said.

He cast a sidelong glance at his mother. She was trying to look calm, but the apprehension was clear in her drawn, pale face.

Nuadat noted it. He stood upright again and laughed. "Ah, please forgive me," he told them, all the brusqueness gone. "I didn't mean to be worrying you. My little game was cruel, maybe, but I had to repay you for the game youVe played on me." He looked at Finn. "You see, I know that you are the son my wife bore to Cumhal."

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