Then walking away to his companions he cried, "Get up, boys, and plase to know that his reverence Toban is not to be farther troubled by being looked at or spoken to by any one of us as long as he remains upon this dirty pier." "Divil a bit farther trouble shall he have from us!" exclaimed many a voice, as the rest of the party arose from their knees.
In half a minute they disposed themselves in much the same manner as that in which they were when I first saw them--some flung themselves again to sleep under the wall, some seated themselves with their backs against it, and laughed and chatted, but without taking any notice of me; those who sat and chatted took, or appeared to take, as little notice as those who lay and slept of his reverence Father Toban..