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returned home and saw what had happened, he in his 

 turn vowed vengeance, so setting out quite alone for 

 Gairloch, he discovered who the five men were, and got 

 a friend to point him out their dwelling. Thither 

 he wended his way towards evening, and watching 

 their house until he had counted them all inside, he 

 waited patiendy until midnight ; then he crept to 

 the unbolted door, and entering noiselessly, in three 

 blows he killed three of the Kennedys before they 

 were awake. The other two made a desperate fight, 

 but eventually they also were slain in fair combat ; 

 then setting fire to the house, Finlay departed 

 again to his wife and home at the foot of Sgur- 

 na-Lappich. Shortly after this, when Finlay was 

 working in his field, seeing six men approaching, he 

 at once divined their mission, but being quite unarmed, 

 he walked boldly up to them, to be met with the 

 question : " Do you know which is the house of Black 

 Finlay ?" To this he replied, " It is just where I left 

 it." " You know him then ? " asked the party. " No 

 doubt," answered the intrepid Finlay, " for I keep his 



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