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`` But I 've brought a horse , and the doctor is to go back with me . '' `` Give the lord my message and say it is Daniel O'Neill who sends it . '' `` But his lordship is dying and unless the doctor is there to tap him , he may not live till morning . '' `` Unless the doctor is here to deliver my wife , my child may be dead before midnight . '' `` What is the birth of your child to the death of his lordship ? '' cried the man ; but , before the words were well out of his mouth , my father , in his great strength , had laid hold of the reins and swung both horse and rider round about . `` Get yourself to the other side of my gate , or I 'll fling you into the road , '' he cried ; and then , returning to the porch , he re-entered the house and clashed the door behind him .