"Don't you suppose that there's somebody always watching, Patsy--the half-breed, the Chinaman ?" Kernaghan snapped a finger.

"Aw, must I be y'r schoolmaster in the days of your dotage! Of course the ould fella has someone to watch, an' I dunno which it is--the Chinaman or the half-breed wumman.

But I'll tell you this: they'll take his pay and lie to him about whatever's goin' on inside the house.

That girl has them both in the palms of her hands.

Let him set what spies he will, she'll do what she wants, if the young man lets her." "His mother--" interjected the Young Doctor.