M'Mahon. On that night they and
Teddy Phats were all sitting in their usual domicile, the kiln, already
mentioned, expecting Hycy, when the following brief dialogue took place,
previous to his appearance:
"What keeps this lad, Hycy?" said Bat; "an' a complate lad is in his
coat, when he has it on him. Troth I have my doubts whether this same
gentleman is to be depended on."
"Gentleman, indeed," exclaimed Philip, "nothing short of that will sarve
him, shure. To be depinded on, Bat! Why, thin, its more than I'd like to
say. Howanever, he's as far in, an' farther than we are."
"There's no use in our quarrelin' wid him," said Phats, in his natural
manner. "If he's in our power, we're in his; an' you know he could
soon make the counthry too hot to hold us. Along wid all, too, he's as
revengeful as the dioule himself, if not a thrifle more so."
"If he an' Kathleen gets bothered together," said Philip, "'twould be a
good look up for us, at any rate."
Kate Hogan was the only female present, the truth being that Philip and
Ned were both widowers, owing, it was generally believed, to the brutal
treatment which their unfortunate wives received at their hands.
"Don't quarrel wid him," said she, "if you can, at any rate, till we get
him more in our power, an' that he'll be soon, maybe. If we fall out
wid him, we'd have to lave the place, an' maybe to go farther than we
intend, too.
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