Then she considered what a triumph it was over all her
female acquaintances, who, if they knew it, would certainly envy
her even far more than they did already. After about half an hour's
conversation the darkness set in, and she expressed an apprehension
lest some of her family should come in quest of her--a circumstance, she
said, which might be dangerous to them both. He then prevailed on her
to promise another meeting, which at length she did; but on his taking
leave of her she asked him by which way he intended to go home.
"I came by the old green path," said he, "but intend to turn down the
glen into the common road."
"O, don't go that way," said she; "if you do, you'll have to pass the
haunted house, ay, and maybe, might meet the _Shan-dhinne-dhuv_."
"What is that," said he.
"O, Lord save us, sir," said she, "did you never hear of the
_Shan-dhinne-dhuv?_ A spirit, sir, that appears about the haunted house
in the shape of a black ould man, and they say that nobody lives long
afther seein' him three times."
"Yes; but did he ever take any person's life?"
"They say so, sir.
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