"Yes, indade. Ye know ALARIC, do ye?—isn't it funny how the name suits him?—ALARIC! there are very few people a name like that would get along with—but fits HIM all right—doesn't it? Well, he didn't know I was alive until I dropped down from the clouds this mornin'."
"Where did you drop from?"
"New York."
"Really? How odd."
"Not at all. It's nearly as big as London and there's nothin' odd about New York."
"Were you born there?" asked Jerry.
"I was," answered Peg.
"By way of old Ireland, eh?"
"How did ye guess that?" queried Peg, not quite certain whether to be pleased or angry.
"Your slight—but DELIGHTFUL accent," replied Jerry.