I was only running to tell Mike Brenan that his ould mother is taken bad with the cramps, and wanted to see him bad." "Where do you expect to go to, you little liar ?" Desmond asked.

"We know what you are up to.

You were running to tell some one that the soldiers were getting up.

Now, if you are quiet and keep still no harm will come to you; but if you try to scream or to get away we shall hand you over to the police, and there's no saying whether they may not make it a hanging matter for aiding the king's enemies." "I suppose we needn't fasten her ?" Ralph said.
"Not fasten her! Why, she is as slippery as a young eel, and if you take your hand off her for a moment she would be off like a hare.

No, no, we must make her safe.