you three is brave and courteous. Will you
wed us, Lavarcham? You have the words and
customs.
LAVARCHAM. I will not, then. What
would I want meddling in the ruin you will
earn?
NAISI. Let Ainnle wed us. . . . He has
been with wise men and he knows their ways.
AINNLE -- joining their hands. -- By the
sun and moon and the whole earth, I wed
Deirdre to Naisi. (He steps back and holds


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up his hands.) May the air bless you, and
water and the wind, the sea, and all the hours
of the sun and moon.

CURTAIN


ACT II.

Alban. Early morning in the
beginning of winter. Outside
the tent of Deirdre and Naisi.


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