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Updated: June 17, 2025
"I would rather there was not, Meehaul; for my own part, I have no ill-will against either you or yours, all you know that; so when you talk of hatred, spake only for yourself." "Don't be mane, man," said Neil; "don't make them that hates you despise you into the bargain."
The solemnity of his promise to Ellen, however, recurred to him in time to restrain his uplifted arm. By a strong and sudden effort he endeavored to compose himself, and succeeded. He approached Meehaul, and with as much calmness as he could assume, said "Meehaul, I stand before you an' you may strike, but I won't return your blows: I have reasons for it, but I tell you the truth."
"Well," said the woman, "I knew nothin' about that; but I want to see Meehaul Neil, and I know he's in the house." "Faix he's not, Nelly, an' you know I wouldn't tell you a lie about it."
But, Meehaul, take care of him; for he has his fire-arms; if you meet him don't go empty-handed, and I'd advise you to have the first shot." "Behind the orchard," said Meehaul, astonished; "where there?" "Ay, behind the orchard, where they often war afore. Where there? Why, if you want to know that, sittin' on one of the ledges in the Grassy Quarry.
Meehaul had but little doubt as to the truth of what Nell M'Collum told him. There was a saucy and malignant confidence in her manner, which, although it impressed him with a sense of her earnestness, left, nevertheless, an indefinite feeling of dislike against her on his mind. He knew that her motive for disclosure was not one of kindness or regard for him or for his family.
Perhaps there was not one among his nearest friends who felt more profound regret for having been the occasion of his disgrace, and consequently of the fate to which he had exposed him, than Meehaul Neil. In the course of that day he sent his father to old Lamh Laudher, to know if young O'Rorke would grant him an interview, the object of which was to dissuade him from the battle.
"Why, hard fortune to you, Lamh Laudher, will you take a blow from a Neil? Are you goin' to disgrace your name?" "I won't fight him," replied he to whom they spoke, and the uncertainty of his manner was taken for want of courage. "Then," said Meehaul, "here, before witnesses, I give you the coward, that you may carry the name to the last hour of your life."
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