"It was me helpin' ye," said Fly; "I had her by the leg."
"Wasn't it quare an' good a' God to make the pond that deep?" said Honeybird. "It must 'a' been Him put it into Patsy's head to duck them."
"That's why He made it rain so hard this mornin'," said Jane, "an' me thought there was no manin' in it."
"It was the finest bit of vengeance I iver seen," said Patsy. "Ould Jimmie was as light as a cork, an' we soused him up an' down till there wasn't a breath left in him."
"I wonder what Lull'll say when she sees our clothes," said Jane; "me very shimmy's wet." But, to their surprise, when they woke next morning clean clothes had been put out for them, and when they came downstairs Lull only said: "Has any of ye tuk a cold?"
"No, we haven't," said Jane.
"Well, then, don't name it to yer mother," Lull said, and left them wondering how she had found out.
Andy Graham called them into the stable after breakfast.
"Did ye hear the news?" he said.
"What news?" said Mick.