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Andy, the description is correct; but I must say, that
never in my life did I know a man to so knock the
bottom out of romance as you have done in summing-
up the lady's charms."
11 Her charrums, is it ? Be the powers ! I only tuk
what yer 'an'r tould me. An' so that's the girrul that
"
id shute yer ?
" Yes Andy. would." waited in
! I think she I
expectation, but he said nothing. So I jogged his
memory :
" Well ! " He looked at me in a most peculiar
manner, and said slowly and impressively :
" Thin I can sahtisfy yer 'an'r. There's no such girrul
in all Knocknacar!" I smiled a smile of triumph:
" You're wrong for once, Andy. I saw such a girl
only yesterday, here on the top of this mountain, just
where we're sitting now."
Andy jumped up as if he had been sitting on an ant-
hill, and had suddenly been made aware of it. He
looked all round in a frightened way, but I could
see that he was only acting, and said :
" Glory be to God ! but maybe it's the fairies, it was,
or the pixies ! Shure they do say that there's lots an'
lots an' lashins iv them on this hill. Don't ye have
nothin' to say to thim, surr ! There's only sorra follys
thim. Take an ould man's advice, an' don't come up
here any more. The shpot is dangerous to ye. If ye
want to see a fine girrul go to Shleenanaher, an' have
a good luk at Miss Norah in the daylight."