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174 THE snake's pass.
Norah, an ye'll soon forgit the fairies. There's a rale
"
girral av ye like !
I was too sad to make any angry reply, and before
I could think of any other kind, Andy lounged away
whistling softly—for he had, like many of his class, a
very sweet whistle—the air of Savoumeen Deelish.
The following day Mr. Caicy turned up at the hote
according to his promise. He openly told Mrs. Keating,
of whom he had often before been a customer, that he
had business with Mr. Murdock. He was, as usual with
him, affable to all, "passing the time of day" with the
various inhabitants of all degrees, and, as if a stranger,
entering into conversation with me as we sat at lunch in
the coffee-room. When we were alone he whispered to
me that all was ready ; that he had made an examina-
tion of the title, for which Murdock had sent him all
the necessary papers, and that the deed was complete
and ready to be signed. He told me he was going over
that day to Knockcalltecrore, and would arrange that
he would be there the next day, and that he would take
care to have some one to witness the signatures.
On the following morning, when Dick went off with
Andy to Knocknacar, and Mr. Caicy drove over to
Knockcalltecrore, where I also shortly took my way on
another car.
We met at Murdock' s house. The deed was duly com-
pleted, and Mr. Caicy handed over to Murdock the letter
from the bank that the lodgment had been made.
The land was now mine ; and I was to have possession