'The curse of the O'Hara's is upon me.

Almost all of them have gambled with their lives, and most of them have lost.' She gave her horse the rein as she spoke, and they cantered on over the plain.

After that, she resolutely forbade sentiment.
Mr Ninnis was gratified by an invitation that evening to dine at the Home, and came down in his best dark suit and his most genial mood.
Bridget sang.

She had not been singing much lately.

Colin's gloom over the evil prospects of squatting on the Leura re-acted upon her spirits.
And besides, the piano had been attacked by white ants, and the tuner had not been so far up the river for a long time.