There's nothin' wrong with his Lordship, and we needn't frighten the life out o' him, wirrasthruin', when he comes back to himself.

Don't tell any of the women, Miss Bawn." I got him the water as quickly and quietly as I could, and Neil washed the blood away.

The cut proved, indeed, not to be serious; but it seemed an age before my grandfather's eyes opened and he looked from Neil's face to my grandmother's.
"Have I been ill ?" he asked.
"Just a bit of a wakeness, your Lordship," Neil said.

"But sure, you're finely now." I did not dare come near, but waited out of sight, dreading the time when my grandfather should remember.

Presently I heard him ask for me.
"Is Bawn there ?" he asked.