And if it be a cast,
it will kill nine men at every cast, and one of the nine will be a king
or crown-prince or chieftain of the reavers.
"I swear what my tribe swears, there will be a multitude unto whom
tonight the _Luin_ of Celtchar will deal drinks of death in front of the
Hostel. I swear to God what my tribe swears that, in their first
encounter, three hundred will fall by that trio, and they will share
prowess with every three in the Hostel tonight. And they will boast of
victory over a king or chief of the reavers, and the three will chance
to escape."
"Woe," says Lomna Druth, "to him who shall wreak the Destruction, were
it only because of that trio!"
"Ye cannot," says Ingcel, etc. "And after that, whom sawest thou there?"
THE ROOM OF THE THREE MANX GIANTS
"There I beheld a room with a trio in it. Three men mighty, manly,
overbearing, which see no one abiding at their three hideous crooked
aspects. A fearful view because of the terror of them. A ... dress of
rough hair covers them .
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