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Show 72. He waat. up thi ther daily, till at last She put on womanhood, and he lost peace And Deirdre's tale began. The King was A month or so before the marriage-day, A oung man in the laughing scorn of his youth, son of NaBi, Usnach, climbed up there, ldJ te And, havlng wooed, or, Carried her off. The musicians who Fergus, as some suspect -the King, being wooed ' say, and try to warn is in good faith escorting the lovers. play the chorus--the benevolent, non-commital all ages. warning. herl for the takes the retinue or is there only half-mortal birth, foresees Juliet, hint Deirdre King no of Perhaps like Only of the doom. a to Prince They onlooker Her mind of misgives greet them. she is 'fey', and, Her mind is sharpened by chorus:-- Ahl now I catch your meaning, that this King Will murder Naisi, and keep me alive. But lover-like is est when he Naisi, fool whom the King's credulous as Fergus, warning. He is a as andhe does so. The man or action halts. while and neither who has promise is bound can to construction is not the movement point, proves to be enters, swift, so Fegus as and !faisi apparent. Brom-faced armed Libyans have passing by, of their foresight and the intentions. as the into a He plainsnare, good at this bliUd been later. to The the silently Musician has given the broadest hint Yet cowardice. for the lovers' read it becomes are brave, deceived. run so a the The two poet, men in rebuke fact, Deirdre's has to account running into peril.But he need not have |
