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and soon shall the sea bring the stranger to our coast.
Ronnan, I will defend: Do thou securely go.——He went. He returned on his day. But Durstan returned before him.
Give me thy daughter, Conar, says Durstan; or fear and feel my power.
He who dares attempt my sister, says Connan, must meet this edge of steel. Unerring in battle is my arm: my sword, as the lightning of heaven.
Ronnan the warriour came; and much he threatened Durstan.
But, saith Euran the servant of gold, Ronnan! by the gate of the north shall Durstan this night carry thy fair one away. Accursed, answers Ron-
nan
