Now, my dear Mave, I want to show you that I have some insight into futurity.

What hour will you pass it at ?" "About three o'clock, as near as I think; it may be a little more or a little less." "Very well, acushlee; when you pass the Grey Stone about a few hundred yards on the right hand side, the first person you will meet will be a young man, well made, and very handsome.

That young man will be the person, whosoever he is--an' I don't know myself--that will bring you love, and wealth, and happiness, and all that a woman can wish to have with a man.

Nor, dear, if this doesn't happen, never b'lieve anything I say again; but if this does happen, I hope you'll have good sense, _acushla machree_, to be guided by one that's your true friend--an' that's myself.

The first person you meet, afther passin' the Grey Stone, on your right hand side; remember the words.