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"'I'm pressed for time to-day, sez Judy as bould as brass; 'an' I've only come for Terence, my promust man. Tis strange to find him here the day afther the day. "Dinah looked at me as though I had hit her, an' I answered straight. "'There was some nonsinse last night at the Sheehys' quarthers, an' Judy's carryin' on the joke, darlin', sez I.
"I had scarce begun to put the explanation into shape before Judy an' her mother came to the door. I think there was a veranda, but I'm forgettin'. "'Will ye not step in? sez Dinah, pretty and polite, though the Shadds had no dealin's with the Sheehys. Old Mother Shadd looked up quick, an' she was the fust to see the throuble; for Dinah was her daughter.
"I'm pressed for time to-day," sez Judy as bould as brass; "an' I've only come for Terence, my promust man. 'Tis strange to find him here the day afther the day." 'Dinah looked at me as though I had hit her, an' I answered straight. "There was some nonsinse last night at the Sheehys' quarthers, an' Judy's carryin' on the joke, darlin'," sez I.
"At the Sheehys' quarthers?" sez Dinah very slow, an' Judy cut in wid: "He was there from nine till ten, Dinah Shadd, an' the betther half av that time I was sittin' on his knee, Dinah Shadd. Ye may look and ye may look an' ye may look me up an' down, but ye won't look away that Terence is my promust man. Terence, darlin', 'tis time for us to be comin' home."
'I had scarce begun to put the explanation into shape before Judy an' her mother came to the door. I think there was a verandah, but I'm forgettin'. "Will ye not step in?" sez Dinah, pretty and polite, though the Shadds had no dealin's with the Sheehys. Ould Mother Shadd looked up quick, an' she was the fust to see the throuble; for Dinah was her daughter.
"'At the Sheehys' quarthers? sez Dinah very slow, an' Judy cut in wid: 'He was there from nine till ten, Dinah Shadd, an' the betther half av that time I was sittin' on his knee, Dinah Shadd. Ye may look and ye may look an' ye may look me up an' down, but ye won't look away that Terence is my promust man, Terence, darlin', 'tis time for us to be comin' home.
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