"'Then I will go to her with you,' said he.
"And together they went headlong down the pit, and as they fell they battled frightfully in the dark pitch."
CHAPTER XVII
Mac Cann was asleep, but when Finaun's voice ceased he awakened and stretched himself with a loud yawn.
"I didn't hear a word of that story," said he.
"I heard it," said Eileen Ni Cooley; "it was a good story."
"What was it about?"
"I don't know," she replied.