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She then detailed the particulars of Donnel Dhu's prediction, which she dwelt upon with a very cheerful spirit, after which she added: "And now, Con dear, don't you think that's a sign we'll be yet happy?" Dalton, who placed no reliance whatever on Donnel Dhu's impostures, still felt reluctant to destroy the hope occasioned by such an agreeable illusion.
"Donnel," said the wife, "it's no saicret to me; but it's enough now that you've owned it. This is the last night that I'll spend with a murdherer. You know what I've to answer for on my own account; and so, in the name of God, we'll part in the mornin'." "Ha!" exclaimed Sarah, "you'd leave him now, would you?
The consequence was, that Donnel, or Donald M'Gowan, the Black Prophet, found himself in the very dock where Dalton had stood the preceding day. His case, whether as regarded the perjury or the murder, was entitled to no clemency, beyond that which the letter of the law strictly allowed.
"There is no dispute about it," continued Donnel, gravely; "but still I think, that if it was not for the mention made of the dress, an' grandeur, and state that she was to come to, she'd hardly turn round as she did. Dalton, you know, is the handsomest young fellow, barring yourself, in the parish; an' troth on your account an' hers, I wish he was out of it.
Donnel, having left his son cracking a long whip which he held in his hand, and looking occasionally at the tress of Mave Sullivan's beautiful hair, approached the hall door, at which he knocked, and on the appearance of a servant, requested to see Mr. Henderson. The man waived his hand towards the space under the window, meaning that he should take his stand there, and added
"Well, confound you! since they'll have it so, I suppose I may as well admit it I believe I am a handsome dog, and I have reason to know that, that " here he shook his head and winked knowingly: "Oh, come Donnel, my boy, I can go no further on that subject ha! ha! ha!"
"It is strange an' when I find that I'm goin' to foretell any thing that's bad or unlucky, I feel great pain or uneasiness in my mind but on the other hand, when I am to prophesy what's good, I get quite light-hearted and aisy I'm all happiness. An' that's the way I feel now, an' has felt for the last day or two." "I wish to God, Donnel," said Mrs.
But indeed, Donnel, as you say, everything about us is enough to sink the heart within one an' no hope at all of a change for the betther. However, God is good, and, if it's His will that we should suffer, it's our duty to submit to it."
As they were about to enter the garden Donnel Dhu saw approaching him at a rapid and energetic pace, his daughter Sarah, whose face, now lit up by exercise, as well as by the earnest expression of deep interest which might be read in it, never before appeared so strikingly animated and beautiful.
Donnel Dhu was not merely disappointed at finding Sarah in such a situation; he was literally stupefied with amazement, and could scarcely believe the circumstances to be real. It is unnecessary to say, therefore, that his disappointment and indignation were fully equal to those of Henderson himself. "Where am I to go now?" asked the driver.
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