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`` Then , Molly dear , run round to the yard and tell Angus put Black Bess to the outside car , and to bring it round to the corner of the plantation . I do not want any one to know , and tell Angus that I will drive Black Bess myself . '' `` All right , '' replied Molly , running off on her errand . Nora did not stay long with her father that morning , and soon after ten o'clock she and Molly were flying through the boreens and winding roads in the direction of Slieve Nagorna . At the foot of the mountain they dismounted . Nora fastened Black Bess 's reins to the trunk of a tree which stood near , and then she and Molly began to ascend the mountain . It was a glorious winter 's day ; the air was mild , as it generally is in the west of Ireland , and the sun shone with power .