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M'Carthy started to his feet, and on looking about him, exclaimed, "How is this, Finnerty? why are the faces of these men blackened?" "Never you mind that, sir," replied Finnerty, "they are two or three poor fellows that's on their keepin' in regard to havin' paid their tithes against the will o' the people; an' they don't wish to be known, that's all."
Surely he ought to be here before now. Had Mr. O'Connor good sport?" "How could he," replied Finnerty, "wid the fog that was on the mountains?" At this moment an individual made his appearance, whom it was impossible to look upon without being most forcibly struck by his figure.
The mother, who was now engaged in welcoming Father Finnerty a duty which the priest's comic miracle prevented her from performing sooner did not perceive her daughter's agitation, nor, in fact, did any one present understand its cause.
"I thank you, Father Finnerty," said Denis, "and I thank you all!" "Denis, avourneen," said his mother, "sit down an' ate a hearty dinner; you must be both tired and hungry, so sit down, avick, and when you're done you can tell us all." "Bonum concilium, mi chare Dionysi the advice is good, Mrs.
'Dionysius, said Father Finnerty, addressing me, which shows, at all events, that I am not so unimportant as some of my friends would suppose 'Dionysius, said he 'inter nos between you and me, I believe I have it in my power to send up a candidate to Maynooth.
Finnerty accordingly did so, and each of them drank a glass or two, after which they were silent as before. This silence, to M'Carthy, began to wear a solemn and a fearful aspect, especially as he knew enough of the habits of the people to be aware, that in drinking whiskey is often resorted to in order to deaden their moral, perceptions, or, in other words, as a stimulant to crime.
Short and hurried as her last advice to M'Carthy was, the words in which she conveyed it had scarcely been uttered, when her husband, accompanied by three persons, their faces still blackened, made his appearance. They took seats in silence around the fire, and one of them, handing over a bottle of whiskey to Finnerty, merely nodded, as much as to say, pass that about.
Finnerty, by permission of her husband, and in a few minutes she and M'Carthy were left by themselves. After the two worthies had been gone a few minutes, she proceeded to the door, and as the night had now become tolerably light, she looked out, but with a great deal of caution.
The females of the family were busily engaged in preparing for the dinner, to which Father Finnerty, his curate, and several of their nearest and wealthiest friends had been invited; and the men in clearing out the stables and other offices for the horses of the guests.
I'll appoint my stations, too, in the snuggest farmers' houses in the parish, just as Father Finnerty, our worthy parochial priest, ingeniously contrives to do.
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