Part 42 (1/2)
”For two ha'pence I would not go there, but ever since I cared for poor Joe Mulcahy I have wished to be a nurse Well, heaven help ed by rearrangement of the contents to find a place in the trunk for the rebellious gown She closed the trunk and tied the straps
”I shall hed
”Why not come with me and keep my room tidy? Now that Denis Quirk is ho for the oldat the door prevented Kathleen O'Connor fro
”What do you ithto see you--Mr Cairns,” Mrs Gore
”Noould he be wanting with ,” she cried ”Am I tidy, Kathleen?”
”Of course you are,” replied Kathleen ”I will put the s for you while you entertain hie Always punctilious in his dress to-day he was exceptionally spruce, his tie very new, and clothes without one crease
”Coarden, Molly,” he said, and there was an unaccustomed nervousness in his voice that caused Molly to ask:
”Are you not well, Mr Cairns?”
”Oh, yes--perfectly well,” he answered ”Why do you ask?”
”You look pale, and there is a kind of a quiver in your voice,” she answered as they strolled to a seat in the garden that overlooked the town, a favourite place for Father Healy when saying his Office
”Sit down and rest yourself,” Molly advised ”You get no peace down there in the office Denis Quirk believes you are allbehind the seat on which she sat After a short silence Molly Healy asked:
”Nohat are you doing to h already”
”Molly,” he said, and his voice caused her to turn suddenly
”I knew you were ill,” she said ”It's the rest cure that would be doing you good Denis Quirk has overworked you”
”Try to be serious for once,” he asked
”Serious? There is no need for h for the whole town Just let my hair alone There it was just put up in a hurry and you have pulled it down”
Molly had glorious brown hair, her one real beauty, and she rose with it falling in waves to her waist
”If you only knew the work it is to build it up you would be down on your knees begging forgiveness of an, and ended with a mumbled ”that I love you?”
Molly Healy dropped her hair and gazed at him in absolute surprise
”Did you come all this way to joke with me?” she asked
”Please take o away from Grey Town if I can keep you here”
Molly had fixed her hair up in haste It fore it in order Slowly dawning surprise crept into her eyes as he spoke, surprise with perhaps a not unnatural triumph
”I really believe you are in earnest,” she said; ”but I can't understand it They call lass tells me”