There lace pays well; but there is not much sale for lace in Ireland, and not much sale for brandy either, excepting in the towns.

The peasants and farmers would not thank you for it when they can get home-made whisky for next to nothing." "I suppose that there is a good deal of that going on." "Any amount of it, sir.

For every still that is captured I reckon there must be a hundred at work that no one dreams of, and will be as long as barley grows and there are bogs and hills all over the country, and safe hiding-places where no one not in the secret would dream of searching.

The boys know that we are not in their line of business, and mind our own affairs.

If it were not for that, I can tell you, I wouldn't go along these cliffs at night for any pay the king would give me; for I know that before a week would be out my body would be found some morning down there on the rocks, and the coroner's jury would bring in a verdict of tumbled over by accident, although there wouldn't be a man of them but would know better." "Well, I am sure I don't want to find out anything about them.