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CHAPTER XVII.
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“Remote from man, with God they passed their days,
Prayer all their business, all their pleasure praise.”—Parnell.
The following evening they were engaged to spend at a farmer’s. The invitation was given with such humility1, yet pressed with such warmth, that they could not avoid accepting it, and accordingly, soon after dinner, walked to the house, which was about a mile from Castle Carberry. It was a low thatched building—every appendage2 to it bespoke3 neatness and comfort. It was situated5 in a beautiful meadow, enclosed from the road by a hawthorn6 hedge, and on the opposite side lay an extensive common, on which stood the stupendous and venerable ruins of an abbey, called St. Catherine’s. They appeared a melancholy7 monument of the power of time over strength and grandeur8; and while they attracted the observation of the curious, excited a sigh in the bosom9 of sensibility.
The farmer’s family consisted of three daughters and two sons, who were now dressed in their best array. They had assembled a number of their neighbors, among whom was a little fat priest, called Father O’Gallaghan—considered the life of every party—and a blind piper. The room was small, and crowded with furniture as well as company. It was only divided from the kitchen by a short passage, and the steam of hot cakes, and the smoke of a turf fire, which issued thence, soon rendered[Pg 148] it distressingly10 warm. Amanda got as near the window as possible, but still could not procure11 sufficient air; and as everything for tea was not quite ready, asked one of the Miss O’Flannaghans if she would accompany her to St. Catherine’s. She answered in the affirmative. The priest, who had been
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