34/35 I have never seen them there; indeed, have never seen them at all; but I feel no doubt in my own mind as to their being at the bankers." "Is there much due on the estate ?" "Very little. No estate in county Cork has less on it. Miss Letty has her income, and when Poulnasherry was bought,--that townland lying just under Berryhill, where the gorse cover is, part of the purchase money was left on mortgage. That is still due; but the interest is less than a hundred a year." "And that is all ?" "All that I know of." "Could there be encumbrances without your knowing it ?" "I think not. I think it is impossible. |