I was travelling from Londonderry to Letterkenny.

I received a letter from Mr.Eustace, whom I did not know, but who knew from my friends at Letterkenny that I was coming past his house.

He asked me to stay the night with him.

Naturally enough I declined, with the result that Bastable arrested me on a magistrate's warrant as soon as I landed from the ferry." "That is the man," said Mrs.Adair, and she told Durrance the history of the fire.

It appeared that Bastable's claim to Dermod's friendship rested upon his skill in preparing a particular brew of toddy, which needed a single oyster simmering in the saucepan to give it its perfection of flavour.