"
Thus far she went, but never alluded to Dan, judiciously throwing the
onus of introducing that subject upon the priest.
"Dan says mine's better," observed Father Mulcahy; "and I would
certainly give a great deal for his opinion upon that or any other
subject, except theology."
"You ought," replied Ellish, "to be a bether judge of whiskey nor either
Dan nor me; an' I'll tell you why--you dhrink it in more places, and can
make comparishment one wid another; but Dan an' me is confined mostly to
our own, an' of that same we take very little, an' the less the betther
for people in business, or indeed for anybody."
"Very true, Mrs. Connell! But for all that, I won't give up Dan's
judgment in anything within his own line of business, still excepting
theology, for which, he hasn't the learning."
"He's a good son, without _tay_ology--as good as ever broke the world's
bread," said Peter, "glory be to God! Although, for that matther, he
ought to be as well acquainted wid _tay_ology as your Reverence, in
regard that he _sells_ more of it nor you do."
"A good son, they say, Mrs. Connell, will make a good husband. I wonder
you don't think of settling him in life. It's full time."
"Father, avourneen, we must lave that wid himself. I needn't be tellin'
you, that it 'ud be hard to find a girl able to bring what the girl that
'ud expect Dan ought to bring.
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