Then Dermat kissed her three times and bade her be of
good cheer for all would yet be well.
Now it was by Angus of Bruga that Dermat had been brought up. Most skilled
in magic was this Angus, and to him was the plight of Dermat
revealed--Dermat, whom he loved as though he were his own son.
So Angus arose and travelled on the wings of the wind until he came to the
hut where Dermat and Grania dwelt, and, unseen of Finn or his chiefs, he
entered the dwelling.
And Dermat, when he saw his foster-father, greeted him gladly and told him
of the solemn vow which the Princess Grania had laid upon him, and how she
was his wedded wife. 'And now are we in sore strait, for Finn, whose will
it was to marry Grania, hath pursued us and would fain take my life.'
'No harm shall befall you,' said Angus, 'if ye will but shelter under my
mantle, the one on the right side and the other on the left, for then will
I bring you both forth from this place, and Finn shall know it not.'
But Dermat would not flee from Finn, yet it was his will that Grania
should go with Angus. 'And I will follow if it be that I leave this place
alive, yet should I be slain, I pray thee, Angus, send the Princess to her
father and beg him that he deal gently with her.'
Then Dermat kissed Grania, and Angus, having told the way that they would
go, placed the Princess beneath his mantle and was carried forth on the
wings of the wind unseen of Finn.
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