He assumed on a sudden the practical views of a man of business.

He would take care to have an Ennis attorney with him when speaking to the Captain, and would be quite prepared to go to the extent of two hundred a year for the Captain's life, if the Captain could be safely purchased for that money.

"A quarter of it would do," said Mrs.O'Hara.

The priest thought L2 a week would be ample.

"I'll be as good as my word," said Fred.