Lugaid braces himself in the sprung turf and shouts to anyone listening ‘Three spears for three kings!’ Cú Chulainn storms down on him. Lugaid squints his eye and hurls the first. It catches Láeg in the breast. He is flung to the earth. Cú Chulainn seizes the reins and halts the chariot. He takes Láeg in his arms. He tries to pull the barbs but they have gone deep. Láeg coughs his darkest heart’s blood and dies. ‘One for the king of charioteers,’ grins Lugaid.
