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They insulted me . '' `` How so ? '' asked Kitty . `` At the midnight Mass last Christmas . Father John got up , and ordered all heretics out of the sacred house of God , and Pat Fagan ses to me , ` Are ye a heretic ? ' and I ses , ` I am , Pat Fagan . ' ` Thin out ye go , ' ses he , and , but for that , I 'd ` a ' bin a Catholic ; so see what you lose by insulting a gentleman . ''