Mr McQueen and the Twins stood still with their bundles in their hands until she had finished and risen from her knees,
then they went quietly out the door, all four together, and closed it after them.
Mrs McQueen stooped to gather a little bunch of shamrock leaves which grew by the doorstone, and then the McQueen family was quite, quite ready for the long journey.
Mr Maguire had bought Colleen and the cows, and he was to have the few hens that were left for taking the McQueen family to the train.
Larry and Eileen saw him coming up the road, “Here comes Mr Maguire with the cart!” they cried, “and Dennis is driving the jaunting-car with Michael and Grannie on it.”
They soon reached the little group by the roadside, and then the luggage was loaded into the cart. Mrs McQueen got up with Grannie on one side of the jaunting-car and Eileen sat between them. Michael and Mr McQueen were on the other side with Larry. The small bags and bundles were put in the well of the jaunting-car.
“Get up!” cried Dennis, and off they started. Mrs McQueen looked back at the old house, and cried into her new shawl. Grannie was crying, too. But Michael said, “Wait until you see your new home, and sure, you’ll be crying to think you weren’t in it before!” And that cheered them up again, and soon a turn in the road hid the old house from their sight forever.
The luggage was heavy, and Colleen was slow. So it took several hours to reach the railroad. It took longer, too, because all the people in the village ran out of their houses to say good-bye. When they passed the schoolhouse, the Master gave the children leave to say good-bye to the Twins. He even came out to the road himself and shook hands with everybody.