Chapter 6
Having gone some distance by these pleasant ways he saw a
shapely house dozing in the sunlight.
It was thatched with the wings of birds, blue wings and yellow
and white wings, and in the centre of the house there was a door of
crystal set in posts of bronze.
The queen of this island lived there, Rigru (Large-eyed), the
daughter of Lodan, and wife of Daire Degamra. She was seated on a
crystal throne with her son Segda by her side, and they welcomed
the High King courteously.
There were no servants in this palace; nor was there need for
them. The High King found that his hands had washed themselves, and
when later on he noticed that food had been placed before him he
noticed also that it had come without the assistance of servile
hands. A cloak was laid gently about h
