It was no worldly wife she found for him , but the swift March wind , and never can you prevail against her . ' ` Is it thus ? ' answered Manu . And at the first streak of dawn he went to the chamber where the queen lay in the midst of her maidens . ' I have come , ' he said , ` for the third part of the kingdom , and for the treasure which you promised me . ' But the wife of Iarlaid laughed as she heard him . ` Not a clod shall you have here , ' spake she . ` You must go to the Old Bergen for that . Mayhap under its stones and rough mountains you may find a treasure ! ' ` Then give me your son 's six foster brothers as well as my own , ' answered he . And the queen gave them to him , and they set out for Old Bergen . A year passed by , and found them still in that wild land , hunting the reindeer , and digging pits for the mountain sheep to fall into . For a time Manus and his companions lived merrily , but at length Manus grew weary of the strange country , and they all took ship for the land of Lochlann . The wind was fierce and cold , and long was the voyage ; but , one spring day , they sailed into the harbour that lay beneath the castle of Iarlaid . The queen looked from her window and beheld him mounting the hill , with the twelve foster brothers behind him . Then she said to her husband : ` Manus has returned with his twelve foster brothers . Would that I could put an end to him and his murdering and his slaying . ' ` That were a great pity , ' answered Iarlaid . ` And it is not I that will do it . ' ` If you will not do it I will , ' said she .
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