Here 's the king . Do n't open your mouth to answer . I saw what happened with the ointment . '' ` The Dark Man did n't once cast his eye towards Molly , and he seemed to have no suspicion of me . When we came out I looked about me , and where do you think we were but in the dyke of the Rath of Cromogue . I was on the horse again , which was nothing but a big rag-weed , and I was in dread every minute I 'd fall off ; but nothing happened till I found myself in my own cabin . The king slipped five guineas into my hand as soon as I was on the ground , and thanked me , and bade me good night . I hope I 'll never see his face again . I got into bed , and could n't sleep for a long time ; and when I examined my five guineas this morning , that I left in the table drawer the last thing , I found five withered leaves of oak -- bad luck to the giver ! ' Well , you may all think the fright , and the joy , and the grief the poor man was in when the woman finished her story . They talked and they talked , but we need n't mind what they said till Friday night came , when both were standing where the mountain road crosses the one going to Ross . There they stood , looking towards the bridge of Thuar , in the dead of the night , with a little moonlight shining from over Kilachdiarmid . At last she gave a start , and `` By this and by that , '' says she , `` here they come , bridles jingling and feathers tossing ! '' He looked , but could see nothing ; and she stood trembling and her eyes wide open , looking down the way to the ford of Ballinacoola . `` I see your wife , '' says she , `` riding on the outside just so as to rub against us . We 'll walk on quietly , as if we suspected nothing , and when we are passing I 'll give you a shove . If you do n't do YOUR duty then , woe be with you ! '' Well , they walked on easy , and the poor hearts beating in both their breasts ; and though he could see nothing , he heard a faint jingle and trampling and rustling , and at last he got the push that she promised . He spread out his arms , and there was his wife 's waist within them , and he could see her plain ; but such a hullabulloo rose as if there was an earthquake , and he found himself surrounded by horrible-looking things , roaring at him and striving to pull his wife away . But he made the sign of the cross and bid them begone in God 's name , and held his wife as if it was iron his arms were made of .
Bedad , XXXXX one moment everything was as silent as the grave , and the poor woman lying in a faint in the arms of her husband and her good neighbour .
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