[Valentine M’Clutchy, The Irish Agent by William Carleton]@TWC D-Link bookValentine M’Clutchy, The Irish Agent CHAPTER XII 18/21
Ay, I know that--that's an empty farm that nobody dare take, or woe be to them.
But here--I seen him "-- here he shuddered strongly--"I seen him! His father and mother were both standing undher him--that was the worst of all.
It's in this page.
He was only one-and-twenty, and the eyes he had; but how did it happen, that although they hanged him, every one loved him? I seen his father and the poor mother looking up to the gallows where he stood, and then she fainted, and she then got sick, and poor ould Brian has nobody now but himself; and all that's on this page." Here poor Raymond shed tears, so completely was he overpowered by the force of his own imaginings.
He again proceeded--"And the poor white-headed son.
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