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night from a terrible danger. His life mayhap may leaven
the whole lump of filth and wickedness that went through
"
the Shleenanaher into the sea last night !
We all said " Amen " again, and I have no doubt that
we all meant it with all our hearts.
Then I told again of Norah's brave struggle and how,
by her courage and her strength, she took me out of
the very jaws of a terrible death. She put one hand
before her eyes—for I held the other close in mine—and
through her fingers dropped her welling tears.
"We sat silent for a while, and we felt that it was only
right and fitting when Joyce came round to her and laid
his hand on her head and stroked her hair as he said :
"
" Ye have done well, daughter — ye have done well !