Hawkes smiled at that, and taking Peg's hand, protested:
"However—always your friend and well-wisher."
"But nivver me husband!" insisted Peg.
"Good-bye."
"Where are ye goin' without me?"
"You surely are not returning to America now?" said Hawkes, in surprise.
"Why, of course, I'm goin' to me father now. Where else would I go?"
Hawkes hastened to explain:
"If you return to America to your father, you will violate one of the most important clauses in the will."
"If I go back to me father?"