"Ye mind how I used to rade ye his life?"
"I do indade. It's many's the tear I've shed over him and Robert Emmet."
"Then ye've not forgotten?"
"Forgotten what?"
"All ye learned as a child and we talked of since ye grew to a girl?"
"I have not. Did ye think I would?"
"No, Peg, I didn't. Still, I was wondherin'—"
"What would I be doin' forgettin' the things ye taught me?"
He looked at her and a whimsical note came in his voice and the old look twinkled in his eyes.
"It's English I thought ye'd be by now. Ye've lived so long among the Saxons."