Flann went to Mogue and found him very disconsolate on account of the loss of the horse he had brought into the town. “This is a bad town to be in,” said Mogue, “and unless I persuade yourself to become partners with me I shall have done badly in it. Join with me now and we’ll do some fine feats together.” “It would not become a King’s Son to join with a robber-captain,” said Flann. “Fine talk, fine talk,” said Mogue. He thought that Flann was jesting with him when he spoke of himself as a King’s Son. “I want to sell three treasures I have with me,” said Mogue. “I have the most wonderful things that were ever brought into this town.” “Show them to me,” said Flann. Mogue opened one of his packs and took out a box. When he opened this box a fragrance came such as Flann had never felt before. “What is that that smells like a garden of sweet flowers?” said Flann. “It is the Rose of Sweet Smells,” said Mogue, and he took a little rose out of the box. “It never withers and its fragrance is never any less. It is a treasure for a King’s daughter. But I will not show it in this town.” “And what is that shining thing in the box?” “It is the Comb of Magnificence. That is another treasure for a King’s daughter. The maiden who would wear it would look the most queenly woman in the Kingdom. But I won’t show that either.” “What else have you, Mogue?” “A girdle. The woman who wears it would have to speak the truth.” The Town of Flann thought he would do much to get the Rose of Sweet Smells or the Comb of Magnificence and bring them as presents to the Princess Flame-of-Wine. He slept in Mogue’s tent, and at the peep of day, he rose up and went to the House of Hospitality where Dermott and Downal were. With them he would go to the King’s orchard, and he would see, and perhaps he would speak to, Flame-of-Wine. But Dermott and Downal were not in the Brufir’s. Flann wakened their grooms and he and they made search for the two youths. But there was no trace of Dermott and Downal. It seemed they had left before daybreak with their horses. Flann went with the grooms to the gate of the town. There they heard from the watchman that the two youths had gone through the gate and that they had told the watchman to tell the grooms that they had gone to take the world for their pillow. The grooms were dismayed to hear this, and so indeed was Flann. Without the King’s Son and without Downal and Dermott how would he go to the King’s Garden? He went back to Mogue’s tent to consider what he should do. And first he thought he would not go to the Festival of the Gathering of the Apples, as he knew that Flame-of-Wine had only asked him with his comrades. And then he thought that whatever else happened he would go to the King’s orchard and see Flame-of-Wine.