Chapter 20
The doorkeeper brought word to the King of Leinster that the son
of the King of Connaught, Ae the Beautiful, and his wife, Ivell of
the Shining Cheeks, were at the door, that they had been banished
from Connaught by Ae's father, and they were seeking the protection
of the King of Leinster.
Branduv came to the door himself to welcome them, and the minute
he looked on Ivell of the Shining Cheeks it was plain that he liked
looking at her.
It was now drawing towards evening, and a feast was prepared for
the guests with a banquet to follow it. At the feast Duv Laca sat
beside the King of Leinster, but Mongan sat opposite him with
Ivell, and Mongan put more and more magic into the hag, so that her
cheeks shone and her eyes gleamed, and she was utterly bewitching
to the e
