After her lay of lamentation she falls into the grave where the three are being buried, and dies above them. "Their flag was raised over their tomb, and their names were written in Ogam, and their funeral games were celebrated. Thus far the tragedy of the sons of Usnach." The oldest and briefest version of this fine saga, that preserved in the Book of Leinster, ends differently, and even more tragically. On the death of Naoise, who is slain the moment he appears on the lawn of Emania, Déirdre is taken, her hands are bound behind her back and she is given over to Conor. "Déirdre was for a year in Conor's couch, and during that year she neither smiled nor laughed nor took sufficiency of food, drink, or sleep, nor did she raise her head from her knee. When they used to bring the musicians to her house she would utter rhapsody-- "'Lament ye the mighty warriors Assassinated in Emania on coming,' etc. "When Conor would be endeavouring to sooth her, it was then she would utter this dirge-- "'That which was most beauteous to me beneath the sky, And which was most lovely to me, Thou hast taken from me--great the anguish-- I shall not get healed of it to my death,' etc. "'What is it you see that you hate most?' said Conor. "'Thou thyself and Eoghan [Owen] son of Duthrecht,'[8] said she. "'Thou shalt be a year in Owen's couch then,' said Conor. Conor then gave her over to Owen. "They drove the next day to the assembly at Muirtheimhne. She was behind Owen in a chariot. She looked towards the earth that she might not see her two gallants. "'Well, Déirdre,' said Conor, 'it is the glance of a ewe between two rams you cast between me and Owen.' "There was a large rock near. She hurled her head at the stone, so that she broke her skull and was dead. "This is the exile of the sons of Usnach and the cause of the exile of Fergus and of the death of Déirdre."