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Updated: May 29, 2025
The great order of the Cistercians, established for more than four centuries at Mellifont, at Monastereven, at Bective, at Jerpoint, at Tintern, and at Dunbrody, were the first expelled from their cloisters and gardens. The Canons regular of St. Augustine at Trim, at Conal, at Athassel and at Kells, were next assailed by the degenerate Augustinian, who presided over the commission.
The philosopher occupies himself with Grod's decree, the Christian with God's will; the philosopher with what God may intend, the Christian with what God wants HIM TO DO. The laird looked up and there were the young ladies! It was the first time Christina had come nigh the cottage since Ian's departure. "Can you tell me, Macruadh," she said, "what makes Mrs. Conal so spiteful always?
There was a pause, for one or two who had accompanied the men employed, knew the chief, and their reluctance to go on with the ruthless deed in his presence. influenced the rest. Report of the ejection had spread, and the neighbours came running from the village. A crowd seemed to be gathering. Again and again Mistress Conal tried to escape from Alister and rush into the cottage.
"Small fear for him," said a man's voice from the little crowd, "if half be true !" Apparently the speaker dared no more. "Fire won't singe a hair of him, Mistress Conal," said another voice. "You know it; he's used to it!" "Come along, and let's get it over!" cried the leader of the ejection-party.
He bawled out and his bawl was mingled with a scream to take the brute off him, and his own men hurried to his rescue; but the fury-frantic animal had dug his claws and teeth into his face, and clung to him so that they had to choke him off. The chief caught up Mistress Conal and carried her away: there was no danger of any one hurting Mr. Palmer now!
The common forms of Gaelic are more poetic than those of most languages, and could have originated only with a poetic people, while mistress Conal was by no means an ordinary type of her people; maugre her ill temper and gruffness, she thought as well as spoke like a poetess. This, conjoined with the gift of the second sight, had helped to her reputation as a witch.
Below and around on every side the Fianna were beating the coverts in Legney and Brefny, ranging the fastnesses of Glen Dallan, creeping in the nut and beech forests of Carbury, spying among the woods of Kyle Conor, and ranging the wide plain of Moy Conal.
But the shame was not altogether a shameful one; a fanciful fear of degrading the chieftainship, and a vague sense of the thing being an imposition, had each a part in it. There could be nothing dishonest, however, in thus earning a shilling for poor mistress Conal! "I will carry your bag," he said, "but I must have the shilling first, if you please." "Oh!" rejoined Valentine Palmer.
"See you not my property lying to the hand of the thief? Know you not that the greedy Sasunnach will sweep everything away!" "I can't carry them and you too, Mistress Conal!" said the chief gayly. "Set me down then. Who ever asked you to carry me! And where would you be carrying me? My place is with my things!" "Your place is with me, Mistress Conal!
"Ah, mistress Conal!" he said, "I am sorry to see you resting on such a night so near your own door. It means you have filled your creel too full, and tired yourself too much." "I am not too much tired, Macruadh!" returned the old woman, who was proud and cross-tempered, and had a reputation for witchcraft, which did her neither much good nor much harm.
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