When I went in, there was nobody there but his reverence and Master Herbert." "As thick as possible, I suppose.

Dear, dear; isn't it dreadful!--Did I put sugar enough in it, Aeneas ?" "Well, I don't know; perhaps you may give me another small lump.

At any rate, you didn't forget the whisky." "I'm sure it isn't a taste too strong--and after such work as you've had to-day .-- And so young Fitzgerald and Father Barney--" "Yes, there they were with their heads together.

It was something about a mill they were saying." "Oh, it's perfectly dreadful!" "But Herbert stopped, and introduced me at once to Father Barney." "What! a regular introduction?
I like that, indeed." "He didn't do it altogether badly.

He said something about being glad to see two gentlemen together--" "A gentleman, indeed!" "-- who were both so anxious to do the best they could in the parish, and whose influence was so great--or something to that effect.