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Chapter 3

           TheBattleoftheBoynehadbeenfoughtmorethanahundredyearsbefore,but,totheO’Harasandtheirneighbors,itmighthavebeenyesterdaywhentheirhopesandtheirdreams,aswellastheirlandsandwealth,wentoffinthesamecloudofdustthatenvelopedafrightenedandfleeingStuartprince,leavingWilliamofOrangeandhishatedtroopswiththeirorangecockadestocutdowntheIrishadherentsoftheStuarts.

           Forthisandotherreasons,Gerald’sfamilywasnotinclinedtoviewthefataloutcomeofthisquarrelasanythingveryserious,exceptforthefactthatitwaschargedwithseriousconsequences.Foryears,theO’HarashadbeeninbadodorwiththeEnglishconstabularyonaccountofsuspectedactivitiesagainstthegovernment,andGeraldwasnotthefirstO’HaratotakehisfootinhishandandquitIrelandbetweendawnandmorning.Histwooldestbrothers,JamesandAndrew,hehardlyremembered,saveasclose-lippedyouthswhocameandwentatoddhoursofthenightonmysteriouserrandsordisappearedforweeksatatime,totheirmother’sgnawinganxiety.TheyhadcometoAmericayearsbefore,afterthediscoveryofasmallarsenalofriflesburiedundertheO’Harapigsty.NowtheyweresuccessfulmerchantsinSavannah,"thoughthedearGodaloneknowswherethatmaybe,"astheirmotheralwaysinterpolatedwhenmentioningthetwooldestofhermalebrood,anditwastothemthatyoungGeraldwassent.

           Helefthomewithhismother’shastykissonhischeekandherferventCatholicblessinginhisears,andhisfather’spartingadmonition,"Rememberwhoyeareanddon’tbetakingnothingoffnoman."Hisfivetallbrothersgavehimgood-bywithadmiringbutslightlypatronizingsmiles,forGeraldwasthebabyandthelittleoneofabrawnyfamily.

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