"That was the queer sight," said Billy the Music looking thoughtfully at Mary.
"You keep your eyes to yourself, mister," said Mary hotly.
"What did you do then?" said Billy.
"We sat down on the side of the road for a long time until we heard footsteps and then we hid ourselves.
"I peeped over the hedge and there was a man coming along the path. He was a nice-looking man with a black bag in his hand and he was walking fast. When he came exactly opposite me I jumped the hedge and I took the clothes off him—"
Billy the Music slapped his palm on his knee.
"You did so!"
"I did so," said Patsy.
"He was grumbling all the time, but as soon as I let him loose he started to run, and that was the last I saw of him.
"After a bit a woman came along the road, and Mary took the clothes off her. She was a quiet, poor soul, and she didn't say a word to either of us. We left her the goose and the man's black bag for payment, and then the pair of us started off, and we didn't stop running till we came to the County Kerry.