Be a mon, and let me into the secret of this muddle.

There is a secret, and ye know it.

What is it?
Why are ye breaking the heart o' Mary Malone?
Answer me, or 'fore God I'll wring the answer fra your body!" And Jimmy keeled over again.

This time he was gone so far that Dannie was frightened into a panic, and called the doctor coming up the lane to Jimmy before he had time to see Mary.

The doctor soon brought Jimmy around, prescribed quiet and sleep; talked about heart trouble developing, and symptoms of tremens, and Dannie poured on water, and gritted his teeth.