Beaten it is, and by a man that is no equal of mine.

You know that," he said, appealing, almost anxiously, to his brother.

"You know that well.

You know that I am brought to this"-- he held up his gaunt, bony hands--"by a man that is no equal of mine, and I will never be able to look him in the face and say as much to him.

But if the Almighty would send him to hell, I would be following him there." "Whisht, Hugh," said Macdonald Bhain, in a voice of awe.