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murdock's wooing. 253
up, ye ould corncrake!" was lost in our shouts of ^.Good-
bye ! " as we waved our hats. Looking back, we saw
Norah's hands waving as she stood with her father's
arm around her, and her head laid back against his
shoulder, whilst the yellow moonlight bathed them from
head to foot in a sea of celestial light.
And then we sped on through the moonlight and the
darkness alike, for the clouds of the coming rain rolled
thick and fast across the sky.
But for me the air was all aglow with rosy light, and
the car was a chariot flying swiftly to the dawn