Now, sergeant, if any of the men can sing let him strike up a tune with a chorus.

That will help us along." There was a little hesitation, and then one of the men struck up a song, and with renewed life and energy they all marched along.

It was nearly an hour before they heard the welcome sound of voices close by.
Ralph halted his men and proceeded toward this sound, and then discovered what the fog had prevented them from seeing before, that they were passing through a village, the voices being those of some women who were brought to their doors by the sound of music, and who were somewhat puzzled at the, to them, mysterious sounds." "What place is this ?" Ralph asked.
"It is Kilmaknocket." "Bless me!" Mr.Fitzgibbon exclaimed, "we are twenty miles away from Ballyporrit if we are an inch." "Then it's evident we can't get there to-day," Ralph said.

"We must have come more than that distance since we halted in the night.

Now, my good woman, I have a party of twenty men here, and we have lost our way in the hills, and must stop here for the night.