[The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine by William Carleton]@TWC D-Link bookThe Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine CHAPTER XXXI 16/34
Crier, call Eleanor M'Guirk." The woman hitherto known as Nelly M'Gowan, and supposed to be the Prophet's wife now made her appearance. "Will you state to the gentlemen of the jury what you know about this box ?" Our readers are partially aware of her evidence with respect to it.
We shall, however, briefly recapitulate her account of the circumstance. "The first time she ever saw it," she said, "was the night the carman was murdered, or that he disappeared, at any rate.
She resided by herself, in a little house at the mouth of the Glendhu--the same she and the Prophet had lived in ever since.
They had not long been acquainted at that time--but still longer than was right or proper.
She had been very little in the country then, and any time he did come was principally at night, when he stopped with her, and went away again, generally before day in the morning.
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