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The Emigrants Of Ahadarra

CHAPTER XIII
12/18

There, she is recoverin'." She did soon recover; but weak and broken down as she was, no persuasion nor even authority could prevail upon her to remain at home.

Jemmy Burke, who had intended to offer Kathleen a seat upon his car, which, of course, she would not have accepted, was now outmanoeuvred by his wife, 'who got Dora beside herself, after having placed a sister of Tom M'Mahon's beside him.
At length, the coffin was brought out, and the keene raised over it, on the conclusion of which it was placed in the hearse, and the procession began to move on.
There is nothing in the rural districts of this country that so clearly indicates the respect entertained for any family as the number of persons which, when a death takes place in it, attend the funeral.

In such a case, the length of the procession is the test of esteem in which the party has been held.

Mrs.M'Mahon's funeral was little less than a mile long.

All the respectable farmers and bodaghs, as they call them, or half-sirs in the parish, were in attendance, as a mark of, respect for the virtues of the deceased, and of esteem for the integrity and upright spirit of the family that had been deprived of her so unexpectedly.
Hycy and his friend, Harry Clinton, of course rode together, Finigan, the schoolmaster, keeping as near them as he could; but not so near as to render his presence irksome to them, when he saw that they had no wish for it.
"Well, Harry," said his companion, "what do you think of the last scene ?" "You allude to Cavanagh's handsome young son, and the very pretty girl that fainted, poor thing!" "Of course I do," replied Hycy.
"Why," said the other, "I think the whole thing was very simple, and consequently very natural.


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