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capacity, and I cannot but think it is taking 

 a dirty advantage over them." 



It was much too dark for any one to see 

 where they were going, so that it seemed 

 more by instinct than anything else that the 

 boat touched the shore at the very spot where 

 they had been taken in that morning. The 

 boatmen, paid off, returned to spend their 

 evening in Purgatory, while the remaining 

 four picked out, as best they might, the 

 pilgrim's track to Pettigoe. 



This task was soon rendered less difficult 

 by the rising of the moon, which, though six 

 days past its full, threw quite sufficient light, 

 not only to direct their steps, but also to 

 reveal once more, under a different aspect, 

 the wild beauties of the place. 



A new light also dawned in the Captain's 

 mind. " I do not see," said he, " why we 

 should stop in this horrid little village, when 

 we might sleep comfortably at Mother John- 

 stone's. Let us have out the cars. There 

 is quite light enough now ; and if we cannot 

 rouse out the people at Belleek, I will engage 

 to get in by the window." 



" Upon my word, that would not be a bad 

 plan," Said the Parson. " We cannot get at 



