"
"Ay, but you don't know, miss, that this is the way they have of showin'
it. Then, ever since he has come to the country, Bet Harramount, the
witch, in the shape of a white hare, is come back to the neighborhood,
and the _Shawn-dhinne-dhuv_ is now seen about the Haunted House, oftener
than he ever was. It's well known that the white hare plays about Mr.
Woodward like a dog, and that she goes into the Haunted House, too,
every night."
"And what brought you to tell me all this, Caterine?" asked Alice.
"Why, miss, to put you on your guard; afraid you might get married to a
man that, maybe, has sould himself to the devil. It's well known by his
father's sarvints that he's out two or three nights in the week, and
nobody can tell where he goes."
"Are the servants your authority for that?"
"Indeed they are; Barney Casey knows a great deal about him. Now, Miss
Alice, you're on your guard; have nothing to do wid him as a sweetheart;
but above all things don't fall out wid him, bekaise, if you did, as
sure as I stand here he'd wither you off o' the earth. And above all
things again watch his eyes; I mane the black one, but don't seem to do
so; and now good-by, miss; I've done my duty to you.
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