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Chapter 44

           Besoides,ifIhadbeentheworsefortheliquor,whyamInotsostill?

           "Thare’snothalfanhourpassedsinceIsawit;anI’massoberasajudgeuponthebinchavmagistrates.

           "Sowl!adhrap’uddomeapoweravgoodjustnow.IfIdon’ttakewan,I’llnotgetawinkavslape.I’llbeshuretokapeawakeallthenightlongthinkin’aboutit.Ochone!ochone!whatcyanitbeanyhow?An’wherecyanthemastherbe,ifitwasn’thim?HowlySantPathrick!lookdownanwatchoveramiserablesinner,that’sliftallalonebehimself,widnothin’butghostsangoblinsaroundhim!"

           AfterthisappealtotheCatholicsaint,theConnemaramanaddressedhimselfwithstillmorezealousdevotiontotheworshipofaverydifferentdivinity,knownamongtheancientsasBacchus.

           Hissuitinthisquarterprovedperfectlysuccessful;forinlessthananhourafterhehadentereduponhisgenuflexionsattheshrineofthepagangodrepresentedbythedemijohnofMonongahelawhiskyhewasshrivedofallhissufferingsifnotofhissinsandlaystretchedalongthefloorofthejacalé,notonlyobliviousofthespectaclethathadsolateterrifiedhimtotheverycentreofhissoul,bututterlyunconsciousofhissoul’sexistence.

           ***

           ThereisnosoundwithinthehutofMauricethemustangernotevenaclock,totell,byitscontinuousticking,thatthehoursarepassingintoeternity,andthatanothermidnightismantlingovertheearth.

           Therearesoundsoutside;butonlyasusual.

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