Chapter 58

           Forfulltenminuteswasthewildchoruskeptup,themareallthetimesquealinglikeastuckpig;whilethedogrespondedinaseriesoflugubrioushowls,thatreverberatedalongthecliffsonbothsidesofthecreek.

           Tothedistanceofamilemightthesoundshavebeenheard;andasZebStumpwasnotlikelytobesofarfromthehut,hewouldbecertaintohearthem.

           Convincedofthis,andthatthehunterwouldsoonrespondtothesignalhehadhimselfarranged,Phelimstoodsquareuponthethreshold,inhopesthattheladyvisitorwouldstayoutsideatleast,untilheshouldberelievedoftheresponsibilityofadmittingher.

           Notwithstandingherearnestprotestationsofamity,hewasstillsuspiciousofsometreasonableintentiontowardshismaster;elsewhyshouldZebhavebeensoparticularaboutbeingsummonedback?

           Ofhimself,hehadabandonedtheideaofofferingresistance.Thatshiningpistol,stillbeforehiseyes,hadcuredhimofallinclinationforaquarrelwiththestrangeequestrian;andsofarastheConnemaramanwasconcerned,shemighthavegoneunresistedinside.

           ButtherewasanotherfromConnemara,whoappearedmoredeterminedtodisputeherpassagetothehutonewhomawholebatteryofgreatgunswouldnothavedeterredfromprotectingitsowner.ThiswasTara.

           Thestaghoundwasnotactingasifundertheexcitementofameresenselessalarm.Minglingwithhisprolongedsonorous"gowl"couldbeheardinrepeatedinterruptionsaquicksharpbark,thatdenotedanger.

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