"Mary Byrne would not go to live with a man to whom she was not
married. But you told me that Kate said she had just left Mary
Byrne and her brother."

"Yes, they were just coming out of the cabin," said Biddy. "She
passed them on the road."

"Out of whose cabin?" said the priest.

"Out of Ned's cabin. I know it must have been out of Ned's cabin,
because she said she met them at the cross roads."

He questioned the old woman, but she grew less and less explicit.

"I don't like to think this of Mary Byrne, but after so much
dancing and drinking, it is impossible to say what might not have
happened."

"I suppose they forgot your reverence didn't marry them."

"Forgot!" said the priest. "A sin has been committed, and through
my fault."

"They will come to your reverence to-morrow when they are feeling
a little better."

The priest did not answer, and Biddy said:--

"Am I to take away my money, or will your reverence keep it for