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"I 'd be hard-hearted an' I forgot that so soon and you a Kerry boy, and me mother often spaking of your mother's folks before ever I thought of coming out!" "Sure and would n't you spake the good word to your mother about me sometime, dear?" pleaded Johnny, openly taking the part of lover. Nora's hand was still in his; they were walking slowly in the summer night.
"Yourself, you murderer!" I replied. "Ho!" said Ned, getting quite stout, "is that you, neighbor? Come, now, walk out wid yourself out of that coffin, you vagabone you, whoever you are." "What do you mane, Ned, by spaking to it that-a-way?" the rest inquired. "Hut," said Ned, "it's some fellow or other that's playing a thrick upon us.
Now, as he made his way towards the bridge, where some of the men were still singing out his name, he cried out, "Who wants me, sure? Now, don't ye be all spaking at once; one at a time, me darlints, as we all came into the wurrld!" "Why, where did you get to, man?" said the skipper, somewhat crossly. "We've been hunting all over the ship for you!"
And indade, it's mesilf that's thinking the blissid St. Pathrick would be afther misthaking him for a good Catholic!" "And what did he say, honey dear? did he think he could be afther comforting the likes of us?" "Thrath, and he did; it was himsilf that said niver a word when I was spaking to him about it, but was afther showering a blissing upon us, the dear sowl!" "But what will the praste say?
"To be sure, honey: he lives just over against the corner house, just over by the other side of the chapel, and forenent the main guard-room: sure anybody will inform you that knows." "I fear I shall never find it, with all these leading points," said I; "give me some place near it." "Well, your honour, do you see yonder woman standing all alone, with a man spaking to her?
Never such a mortal man as he for tunes. They do move his soul; don't 'em, father?" The eldest Dewy smiled across from his distant chair an assent to Reuben's remark. "Spaking of being moved in soul," said Mr. Penny, "I shall never forget the first time I heard the 'Dead March. 'Twas at poor Corp'l Nineman's funeral at Casterbridge.
"'Whist, Larry, acushla, says she, 'don't be spaking that way sure we may do very well yet, plase God: I know, Larry, there was a great dale of it maybe, indeed, it was all my fault; for I wasn't to you, in the way of care and kindness, what I ought to be.
"What the deuce was it you did say, then?" "Faix, I don't know that I said much, at all." "Didn't you say, Mr Moylan, that Martin Kelly was talking to you about marrying Anty, some six weeks ago?" "Maybe I did; he was spaking about it." "And, if you were in the chair now, before a jury, wouldn't you swear that there was a schame among them to get Anty Lynch married to Martin Kelly?
And yourselves can witness, has not he reigned over us like a gentleman, and a raal gentleman; and shown mercy to the poor, and done justice to all, as well as to me? and did not he take me by the hand when I was persecuted, and none else in the wide world to befrind me; and did not he stand up for me against the tyrants that had the sway then; ay, and did not he put himself to trouble, day and night, go riding here and there, and spaking and writing for me?
But there had been a grander triumph which they had not seen a man triumphing over himself. Only one saw that, and it was God. Pete seemed to be beside himself. He laughed until he cried; he cried until he laughed. His resonant voice rang out everywhere. "Hear him? My gough, it was like a bugle spaking. There's nobody can spake but himself. See the lil Puffin on his throne of turf there?
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