"Begor!" said Patsy.
And Finaun did the same for Eileen Ni Cooley and for Mary, and he kissed the two of them on their cheeks, then he laid his palm on the donkey's muzzle and blessed that beast, and he strode mightily up the hill.
Caeltia advanced to Patsy, but Mac Cann was embarrassed. He had been kissed by a man, so he lit his pipe in self-defence and kept it in his mouth.
"You're going off?" said he to Caeltia, and he puffed like a chimney.
"I'm going off," replied Caeltia in a low voice.
Patsy took the pipe from his mouth and put it into the seraph's hand.
"Here," said he, "take a last pull at that and ease your heart."
Caeltia did take it, and he smoked it, and it did ease his heart.
"I'll give you the spade out of the cart," continued Patsy, "for you'll have to dig the things up. There it is, and it doesn't matter whether it's lost or not."
"It is good-bye now," said Caeltia, shouldering the spade, and he returned the pipe to Patsy, who put it instantly in his mouth.