"Bekase," he said, "shure th' divil nearly kilt Kitty be th' fright!"
"But she was purty comfortable th' rest of th' time?"
"Oh, aye."
"Ye lifted a gey big burden from 'er heart last night, didn't ye, Johnny?"
"Aye; an' if ye won't let on I'll tell ye, Anna." He came close and whispered into her ear: "Am goin' t' thry danged hard t' take th' heart as well as th' throuble!"
"What diz Kitty think?"
"She's switherin'."