Then one by one they sickened and died.

Some people thought they died out of spite, being angered at the way they had been treated in the train.

Kavanagh himself did not think so badly of them.

He was of opinion that their spirits were desolated in them with the way the rain came through the roof of their house, and that their feet got sore with walking on the unaccustomed sea-sand.

However their death was to be explained, he hoped that the bull would turn out to be hardier.