He walked on, till at last he came to a great and stately mansion with a crowd of builders at work upon it, and they were roofing it with a thatch made of the wings of strange birds.

But when they had half covered the house, their supply of feathers ran short, and they rode off in haste to seek for more.
While they were gone, however, a wind arose and whirled away the feathers already laid on, so that the rafters were left bare as before.

And this happened again and again, as Cormac gazed on them for he knew not how long.

At last his patience left him and he said, "I see with that ye have been doing this since the beginning of the world, and that ye will still be doing it in the end thereof," and with that he went on his way.
And many other strange things he saw, but of them we say nothing now, till he came to the gateway of a great and lofty Dun, where he entered in and asked hospitality.

Then there came to him a tall man clad in a cloak of blue that changed into silver or to purple as its folds waved in the light, and with him was a woman more beautiful than the daughters of men, even she of whom it was said her beauty was as that of a tear when it drops from the eyelid, so crystal-pure it was and bright.[32] They greeted Cormac courteously and begged him to stay with them for the night.
[32] See Miss Hull's CUCHULAIN, THE HOUND OF ULSTER, p.