LAVARCHAM -- obediently. -- Your rules
are kept always.
CONCHUBOR. The gods shield you.
[He goes out with Fergus. Old Woman
bolts door.
LAVARCHAM -- looking at Deirdre, who
has covered her face. -- Wasn't I saying you'd
do it? You've brought your marriage a sight
nearer not heeding those are wiser than your-
self.
DEIRDRE -- with agitation. -- It wasn't I
did it. Will you take me from this place,
Lavarcham, and keep me safe in the hills?
LAVARCHAM. He'd have us tracked in
the half of a day, and then you'd be his queen


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in spite of you, and I and mine would be
destroyed for ever.
DEIRDRE -- terrified with the reality that
is before her. -- Are there none can go against
Conchubor?
LAVARCHAM. Maeve of Connaught
only, and those that are her like.
DEIRDRE. Would Fergus go against
him?
LAVARCHAM. He would, maybe, and
his temper roused.