But the story-teller must not forget to tell you about the question that Eean asked Merlin the Enchanter on King Manus’s behalf. It was about a game of chess that King Manus had been playing with his brother-in-law, King Connal, for half their lifetimes without either having victory in sight. Moreover, they had inherited the game from their fathers, and it was now being played for fifty years. Merlin told Eean what the moves should be, and the day after he came to the castle, Eean took the chess board and showed them to the King. With that instruction he played. The game of chess was finished three days afterwards, and great fame and honor came to King Manus. [Illustration] Printed in the United States of America. * * * * * * Transcriber's note: Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible. The following change was made to the original. The first line is the original line, the second the corrected one. Page 119: you have heard from him to answer to the riddle you have heard from him the answer to the riddle