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Poor Jack thrimbled from head to foot and small wonder he did but, not a bit daunted, he went on to meet the dhragon, and no sooner were they met than he to it and the dhragon to it, and they fought and sthrove long and hard, the wildest fight by far that poor Jack ever entered into, and they fought that way from early mornin' till the sun went down, at one time Jack seemin' to be gettin' the betther of the dhragon, and the next minute the dhragon gettin' the betther of Jack; and when the sun went down they called a truce of peace till next day; and Jack dragged himself back to the cabin in small hopes of being able to meet the dhragon more, for he was covered over with wounds from head to foot.
"The crathur looked into my face, and got pale for she was very young then: 'Shane, says she, and she thrimbled like an aspen lafe, 'I'm going to trust myself with you for ever for ever, Shane, avourueen, and her sweet voice broke into purty murmurs as she spoke; 'whether for happiness or sorrow God he only knows.
"Tom thrimbled at the wicked look she gave. "'Remember! says she, over the hedge, with a bitter caterwaul. "'Never fear, says Tom. Well, sure enough, the next mornin' there was the cat at cock-crow, licking herself as nate as a new pin, to go into the town, and out came Tom with a bag undher his arm, and the cat afther him.
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