Chapter 8
"You have not told me one word about Duv Laca," said the Flame
Lady reproachfully.
"I am coming to that," replied Mongan.
He motioned towards one of the great vats, and wine was brought
to him, of which he drank so joyously and so deeply that all people
wondered at his thirst, his capacity, and his jovial spirits.
"Now, I will begin again."
Said Mongan: There was an attendant in Fiachna Finn's palace who
was called An Da'v, and the same night that Fiachna's wife bore a
son, the wife of An Da'v gave birth to a son also. This latter
child was called mac an Da'v, but the son of Fiachna's wife was
named Mongan.
"Ah!" murmured the Flame Lady.
The queen was angry. She said it was unjust and presumptuous
that the servant should get a child at the same time that she got
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