IV THE STORY OF TUAN MAC CAIRILL 13 backwards through incredible ages to the beginning of theworld and the first days of Eirfe. And Finnian, with hisblood again running chill and his scalp crawling uneasily,stared backwards with him. … CHAPTER V Tell on, my love, Finnian murmured. I was alone, said Tuan. I was so alone that myown shadow frightened me. I was so alone that the soundof a bird in flight, or the creaking of a dew-drenched boughwhipped me to cover as a rabbit is scared to his burrow. The creatures of the forest scented…
Fairy tales, Irish
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