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`` But the munuster was no for alarmin ' the bodies , '' said Clara . `` He kept hus council an ' bided hus time , waitun ' for the lods tull be back from sea . Oz luck would have ut , he was away across the island tull a christenun ' when Albert Mahan arrives home onexpected , hus shup just docked ot Dublin . Ut 's nine o'clock ot night when the munuster , un hus sluppers an ' dressun ' - gown , gets the news . Up he jumps an ' calls for horse an ' saddle , an ' awa ' he goes like the wund for Albert Mahan 's . Albert uz just goun ' tull bed an ' hoz one shoe off when the munuster arrives . ``` Come wuth me , the pair o ' ye , ' says he , breathless-like .