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Excerpt from The Departure of Dermot
He stood on the sea's verge in the light of the rising sun and harangued, for the last time, the bloody remnant of his host - the old, white-bearded king; broad-browed, strong-featured, huge of stature, almost gigantic. Faint ripples of the ebbing tide licked his sandalled feet, for he stood where land and water met, with his broad back to the sea. His warrior voice, long since broken by overmuch pleading in the Court of Battle-axes, hoarse-quavering at its best, was hoarser now from passion. A low, fierce moan was the sole response of his auditory. They gripped their weapons tighter as they leaned forward, while they seemed to devour him with their silent.
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