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'Faix, an' the men would murther me, miss, if I wasn't, says I; and so they would, begorra! and thin says she, 'Now how much did they punish you on that court? says she.
But, begorra, whin they seen it was raly Bill Malowney himself that was in it, it was only who'd be foremost out agin, tumblin' backways, one over another, and his raverence roarin' an' cursin' them like mad for not waitin' for him.
Why, now, if it was only comin' home from a fair or market, but at midnight, an' in his bed, begorra it is not the thing, Mickey." There was now a pause in the conversation for some minutes; at length, screams were heard, and the noise of men's feet, as if engaged in a scuffle upon the stairs, for the hall-door lay open.
"Well I'm shot av' I know the laist in the world what all this is about!" said Martin, as he stood in the street, reading over the legally-worded letter "'conspiracy! well that'll do, Mr Daly; go on 'enticing away from her home! that's good, when the blackguard nearly knocked the life out of her, and mother brought her down here, from downright charity, and to prevent murdher 'wake intellects! well, Mr Daly, I didn't expect this kind of thing from you: begorra, I thought you were above this! wake intellects! faith, they're a dale too sthrong, and too good and too wide awake too, for Barry to get the betther of her that way.
If the priest understands his parishioner a thing which admits of no possible shadow of doubt it is equally certain that the Englishman does not, as is shown by the following frivolous tale, always a favourite of mine. 'Paddy, said a tourist at Killarney, 'I'll give you sixpence if you'll tell me the biggest lie you ever told in your life. 'Begorra, your honour's a gentleman!
'Begorra, says I, 'it's lucky for ye I'm in the grace, but plase God I'll not be to-morrow; but the spalpeen went to Cork next day, and it wasn't till a year that I run agen him, prepared to do my dooty." "And you did it, I'll be bound!" "Sorra a bit; I just fell in with the divil, being an aisy sort av sowl, and he made me as drunk as a gentleman that's why I'm here, sorr.
An' begorra I'd be afeared to tell ye, because you would not believe me, since that blessid man Father Mathew put an end to all soorts of sociality, the Lord reward him, how many gallons iv pottieen whisky was dhrank upon that most solemn and tindher occasion.
"No," I cried as courageously as I was able under the circumstances, "I'm not sorry, I tell you, in spite of all that has happened, and when I get better I'll pay you out for making fun of me when I'm ill!" "Begorra don't say that now, me darlint," said he, grinning more than ever.
But lovers has quarrels sometimes, and, begorra, when they do, you'd a'most imagine they hated one another like man and wife.
'Thry the pig-sty, says she, 'mavourneen, says she, 'in the name iv God, says she. 'Well, darlint, says he, 'for your sake, says he, 'I'll condescend to them animals, says he. An' wid that he makes a dart to get in; bud, begorra, it was too late the pigs was all gone home, and the pig-sty was as full as the Burr coach wid six inside.
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