"Yes; I swear I heard thim words, and saw the boys take the oath."
"But to the best of your belief the prisoner was never at this house when such an oath was taken?"
"Is it Mr. Thady? He was niver at mother Mulready's at all."
"But he met the party who had taken this oath at your sister's wedding?"
"He did."
"And the same subject was spoken of there; was it?"
"What subject?"
"The propriety of sodding Captain Ussher?"
"I don't know about propriety."
"Well, then, the advisability of doing so?"