human
Troth and maybe I did, repeated Tim,
gpt
Oh, we don't doubt you, Tim, said I, putting in a word to mollify him;
human
But that was a long time ago, for none of _them_ things are going about now.
gpt
Ar'n't they! said Tim.
human
How mighty clever some people thinks they are.
gpt
Did ye ever hear of the black dog?
human
No,
gpt
No; and I suppose none of ye would believe in it?
human
Oh, indeed, Tim, we'd believe anything you'd tell us.
gpt
Well, I know ye are all dacent boys, said Tim,
human
Well, this went on for a year or two, and me bould Hegarty that used to have a face, from eatin' and dhrinkin', as red as a turkey-cock's gills, grew as white an' as thin as a first coat of whitewash, and he'd never go home in the night, after playin' cards up at the club-house, without havin' one or two friends along with him, and he used to keep them playin' and dhrinkin' in his own house till cock-crow, and then he used to get a bit easy in his mind, and Cassidy tould me he could get a few hours' sleep.