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"Oh, certainly," said the Captain "I ed for, and that so soon as possible" The n accent and in a tone, as Fred thought, which savoured altogether of the galleys "You have done hter all your own These estimable people assure me that you hasten to make her your wife on the instant I consent The O'Haras, who are of the very oldest blood in Europe, have always connected thehly Your uncle is a rasp" As he thus spoke he stalked across the roo the Neville fa to the door

"Is it that you fail to believe that I am your bride's father?"

"I know not whose father you may be Get back"

"He is what he says he is," said the priest "You should bear with him for a while"

"Where is Kate?" deh, for the e He looked round at Mrs O'Hara, but nobody answered hi with her eyes fixed upon the ht that she could dart out upon hiain "Is she well?"

"Well enough to hide herself fro a tear from his eye with the back of his hand

"You shall see her presently, Mr Neville," said the priest

Then Neville whispered a word into the priest's ear "What is it that the ard that," said Father Marty

"Mr Marty," said the Captain, "you concern yourself too closely in hts and desires to ht to interfere in the family Ha, ha, ha"

"If you talk like that I'll stab you to the heart," said Mrs O'Hara, ju forward Then Fred Neville perceived that the woer in her hand which she had hitherto concealed froainst the wall behind the head of the sofa He learnt afterwards that the priest, having heard in Liscannor of theit almost at the same moment with the Captain Kate had luckily at the moment been in her room and had not seen her father She was still in her bed and was ill;--but during the scene that occurred afterwards she roused herself But Mrs O'Hara, even in the priest's presence, had at once seized the weapon fro that she was prepared even for murder, had murder been found necessary by her for her relief The hter, and the mother had learned that her child's secret was known to all Liscannor The priest now laid his hand upon her and stopped her, but he did it in all gentleness "You'll have a fierce pig of a mother-in-law, Mr Neville," said the Captain, "but your wife's father,--you'll find hi what I wanted"