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Was it the ugly cottage that put thoughts of her into his mind? for she had done nothing to alleviate the lives of the poor, who lived without cleanliness and without light, like animals in a den. Or did his thoughts run on that woman, whom he had never seen, because Tinnick was against her and the priest had spoken slightingly of the friends that Lord Carra brought from England?
'It was very good of you to think of me, to undertake the journey to Tinnick and the long drive from Tinnick over here. 'One should never be praised for doing what is agreeable to one to do. I liked you from your letters; you're like your letters, Father Oliver at least I think you are. 'I'm certain you're like yours, Father Oliver returned, 'only I imagined you to speak slower.
'And your sisters are nuns? 'Yes, yes. 'Tell me how it all came about. 'How all what came about? Father Oliver asked, for he was a little dazed and troubled in his mind, and was, therefore, easily led to relate the story of the shop in Tinnick, his very early religious enthusiasms, and how he remembered himself always as a pious lad.
But Father O'Grady, as if he felt that the object of his visit had been accomplished, spoke of the drive back to Tinnick and of the convenience of the branch line of railway.
She'll never come back, and will never forgive him; and ever since writing to her he had indulged in dreams of her return to Ireland, thinking how pleasant it would be to go down to the lake in the mornings, and stand at the end of the sandy spit looking across the lake towards Tinnick, full of the thought that she was there with his sisters earning her living.
What she would like would be to see him parish priest of Tinnick. The parish was one of the best in the diocese. Not a doubt of it, she was thinking at that moment of the advantage this arrangement would be to her when she was directing the affairs of the convent. If there was no other, there was at least one woman in Ireland who was interested in things.
'Maybe it was you that beguiled me to Ireland; if so, I ought to thank you for a very pleasant month's holiday. Now I'm on my way home, and finding that I could fit in the railway journey I went to Tinnick, and I couldn't go to Tinnick without driving over to Garranard. 'I should think not, indeed, Father Oliver answered quickly.
He must have been a long time measuring out his garden, for when he returned to his boat the appearance of the lake frightened him; it was full of blustering waves, and it wasn't likely he'd ever forget his struggle to get the boat back to Tinnick.
'Now why does he take the southern road? And a moment after he guessed that Moran was making for Michael Garvey's public-house, 'and after drinking there, he said to himself, 'he'll go on to Tinnick. After a couple of miles, however, Moran turned into a by-road leading through the mountains, and they walked on without saying a word.
And the two priests went out, each hoping that the other would break the ice; and to encourage Father Oliver to break it, Father O'Grady mentioned that he was going back that evening to Tinnick a remark that was intended to remind Father Oliver that the time was passing by.
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