"Is it drunk I am, mother? Will you open the door for me?"
But Mrs. M'Shane could not open the door, and she said:—
"I think she's put a bit of stick in it."
"A bit of stick in the door? And didn't she say that she didn't want to marry me? Didn't she say something about the priest's blessing?"
And then Peter was sore afraid that he would not get sight of his wife that night, and he said:—
"Won't she acquie-esh-sh?"
And Kate said:—
"No, I won't."
And then he said:—
"We were married in church-to-day, you acquie-eshed."