Midnight
`` I thought I gave him enough on her account , '' said . Mike . `` The poor girl has n't a day 's pace in regard of him ; but , plase goodness , I 'll soon put an end to it , for I 'll marry her durin ' the Hollydays . '' `` Go , avick , an ' let me finish my Pudheran Partha : I have to get through it before the Midnight Mass comes . Slip down , and find out what he was doin ' ; and when you come back , let me know . '' Mike , perfectly aware of young M'Kenna 's character , immediately went towards Lisrum , for so the village where Peggy Gartland lived was called . He felt the danger to be apprehended from the interference of his rival the more acutely , inasmuch as he was not ignorant of the feuds and quarrels which the former had frequently produced between friends and neighbors , by the subtle poison of his falsehoods , which were both wanton and malicious .