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Presently, Sarah, the younger of the two, started to her feet, and fled out of the house to wash her hands and face at the river that flowed past. Then she returned, and spoke with frankness and good nature. "I'm sorry for what I did. Forgive me, mother! You know I'm a hasty divil for a divil's limb I am, no doubt of it. Forgive me, I say! Do now; here, I'll get something to stop the blood!"
I'd nivir do that; no, not if my head was all scalp, down to the soles of my fut, and an Injin was at every inch of it, to cut out his summer clothes of my own skin. Talk of religion amang sich crathures! Why, there isn't enough moral in one of thim to carry him through the shortest prayer the Lord allows a Christian to utter. Divil burn 'em say I, and that's my kindest wish in their behalf."
"Go, is it? the divil a go ye'll go from this until ye drink the smash. None of yer Portugee independence here. We larn niggers the politeness of gintlemen in Charleston, me buck!" and seizing him by the collar, dragged him to the table, then grasping the tumbler with the other hand, he held it before his face.
"If you two grumblers don't stop your wrangling I'll choke you," Mr. Wright exclaimed, angrily. "I'm dumb," Mike said. "I'm silent as a corpse," cried the undertaker. "I'll spake no more this night," continued Mike. "See that you don't," answered our host. "Divil a bit, till I see a bushranger, and then I'll give him a taste of my spear."
McCarty took him to the Rookery the divil a mouthful he'd ate durin' the day and says, bein' a ginerous sort of body, come, take a drop, an' a bite to ate. Mister Toddleworth did that same, and thin lay the night on the floor. To-night it's the truth, God knows Tom Downey took him above. An' it's Tom who woundn't be the frind of the man who hadn't a shillin' in his pocket."
Then for the first time she gave one long sob of self-recollection, and pushed the button. Burke almost immediately opened the door. Ruth had no intention of entering; it would be sufficient to leave her message and hurry home. "Who's there?" asked Burke, peering out into the darkness. "It's a divil of a night for any one but " "Is Dr. Kemp in?"
He was a dark individual, half groom, half game-keeper in dress, a "wicked-looking divil," according to the description of his enemies, and an exceedingly foxy-looking individual in the eyes of Pinckney. "Rafferty," said Mr. Hennessey, "I want to show this gentleman round. Let's see the stables."
Heap good people up at Holy Cross." "Divil a doubt of it," says O'Flynn. But this blind belauding of the children of Loyola only fired Mac the more to give the heathen a glimpse of the true light. Well, they must try to have a truly impressive service. Mac and the Colonel telegraphed agreement on this head. Savages were said to be specially touched by music.
"I believe I said that I would give you a good thrashing. I now withdraw those words, for I find that I am unable to make them good." "I guess you ain't what the divil did ye expect? Me to sit back with me hands behind me and leave ye " "I earnestly desire to thrash you, but it is plain to me that I am not, at present, in position to do so." "Fergit it! What's afther ye, Mr. Queed ?"
"A hundhre' a hundhre' a hundhre'," he shouted; "a hundhre', when I'm gone when I'm gone!" One solemn and determined No, that precluded all hopes of any such arrangement, was the only reply. The old man leaped up again, and looked impatiently and wildly and fiercely about him. "What are you?" he shouted; "what are you? You're a divil a born divil. Will nothing but my death satisfy you?
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