The felmacc must be taught board games, such as fidchell, chess, and must be instructed in all aspects of the profession of his master. The master is responsible for the safety of the felmacc. When the party from the law school set out to go to the bog the following morning, only three boys, Domhnall, Slevin and Finbar, accompanied Mara. Art had not yet returned. With a pang of guilt Mara had remembered as soon as she got back that she had forgotten to ask Nuala about possible feverish and stomach complaints. But her mind was fully occupied with another matter. Fachtnan had been a student teacher and then a full teacher at her law school for over seven years. During all of that time he had managed the pupils, even those not too much younger than himself, with a mixture of common sense, tact and quiet, firm authority. He very seldom complained of a scholar, but usually preferred to deal with matters himself. But when Mara arrived back from her talk with Nuala she found him in an exasperated state.
