He couldn't have asked for Ballymoy House." "It's what he said.

And what's more: 'Is it there that a young lady stops by the name of Miss King ?' said he.

'It is,' said Patsy Flaherty, 'and a fine young lady she is, thanks be to God.' 'Then drive there,' says he, 'as fast as ever you can go, and if you have such a thing as a bottle of paraffin oil in the well of the car,' says he, 'throw it out before you start.' Well, of course, there was no oil in the car.

Why would there ?" "If Mr.Meldon had seen Patsy Flaherty last night," said the Major, "there probably would have been." "Do you mean to say," said Meldon, "that he drove straight off to see Miss King ?" "It's where he told the driver to go, any way," said Doyle, "and it's there he went without he changed his mind on the way.

What I was thinking was that maybe he's acquainted with Miss King." "He is," said Meldon.