"I'll tell you about the barge if you'll tell me about your mother. Does she tell you not to come down to the canal?"
The boy turned away his head and nodded it.
"Does she beat you if she catches you here?"
"Oh, no, mother never beats me."
"Is she kind to you?"
"Yes, she's very kind, she lives up there, and there's a garden to our cottage, and the name 'Hill Cottage' is painted up on the gate post."
"Now," said Ulick, "tell me your name."
"My name is Ulick."
"Ulick! And what's your other name?"
"Ulick Burke."