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He was not surprised, or pleased, or even interested. I explained to him over and over again, thinking he did not understand; but he only shook his head and said, in his strange English: "'Sure, colonel, I never doubted them for a moment. Aren't they clever enough to decaive the ould gintleman, himself?
Gineral, there may be lots o' the warrior reptiles in among the huts, and them poor craturs have been sent out to decaive us." "That's true. Forward my lads!" shouted Ole and again the army charged nor did they stop short until they had taken possession of the village, when they found that all the fighting men were gone.
Well, wan evenin' I wint to see her, an' says I, `Mrs Morgan, did ye iver hear the bit song called the Widdy Machree? `Sure I niver did, says she. `Would ye like to hear it, darlint? says I. So she says she would, an' I gave it to her right off; an' when I'd done, says I, `Now, Widdy Morgan, ochone! will ye take me? But she shook her head, and looked melancholy. `Ye ain't a-goin' to take spasms? said I, for I got frightened at her looks. `No, says she; `but there's a sacret about me; an' I like ye too well, Phil, to decaive ye; if ye only know'd the sacret, ye wouldn't have me at any price.
Only to think of it, colonel, flying through the clouds, shut up in a big ball of silk! It's just flying in the face of Providence. What's the use of scheming, or of courage? You can't decaive a cloud, though it's as aisy as dancing to take in a German. When you tell me, colonel, that they're safe out of the balloon; then I'll shout, as loud as you like.
Marjory Whately, did anybody iver catch him in a lie? Did he iver turn coward in a place where courage was needed? Did he iver do a cruelty to a helpless thing, or fight a smaller boy? Did he iver decaive? Honestly, now, was there iver anything in all the years we run together that wasn't square and clane and fearless and lovin'?" Marjie sat with bowed head before the flickering fire.
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