If it were not for Reilly and those that were out with him duck-shooting, the red villain would have murdered the squire and Andy Cummiskey, as sure as there is life in my body.

After all, it is owin' to Mr.Reilly that I left him and his cursed crew.

And now, Ellen, that I have met you, let me spake to you about ould times.
In the first place, I am heart sorry for the step I took; but you know it was oppression and persecution that drove me to it." "Fergus," she replied, "that's no excuse.

Persecution may come upon us, but that's no reason why we should allow it to drive us into evil and crime.

Don't you know that it's such conduct that justifies the persecutors in their own eyes and in the eyes of the world.