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bare feet and legs proclaimed that she had not 

 stayed to pick her way through soft, peaty places 

 to reach the fair. 



Business grew in briskness and the satisfied 

 departures, amongst which was that of the boggy- 

 legged one, thinned the market-place, and again 

 the young woman and her pig stood out quite 

 boldly so that I could see her "No" to offers as 

 plainly as before. The artful buyers presently 

 passed her by and I began to fear that, like my 

 Aunt Jane in matters matrimonial, she had over- 

 stood her market, but I am glad to say she sold 

 her pig at last and, with its sale, my interest in 

 the fair waned and died. 



Mr and Mrs Millet, who keep the Ivy Hotel, 

 Roundstone, Connemara, are a hale and hearty 

 couple who have reared a family of sons and 

 daughters and sent them out into the world to fight 

 the battle. Their doing this has left them with 

 room and inclination to entertain guests in a fashion 

 that deserves the praise bestowed on them by Mr 

 Shimmer. Mrs Millet's thoughts are not so com- 

 pletely with her absent ones as to cloud her face 

 or to leave no room for mindful interest in her 

 visitors ; her smile is ever ready to throw sunshine 

 on her kindly face, be your requirements what they 

 may if within the resources of the town. In 

 addition, she has this great virtue she does not 

 talk too much. 



Our host proved to be a well-read man and an 

 interesting conversationalist, from whom it was an 

 easy task to get information, especially on matters 

 piscatorial, as he is an enthusiastic angler. He 

 readily told us where to go, what flies to use, and, 



