"And there was talk of shoe-aside," said Larry.
"The horse's shoe was it?" asked Oonah.
"No, alanna," said Larry; "shoe-aside is Latin for cutting your throat."
"But he didn't cut his throat," said the widow.
"But sure it's all one whether he done it wid a razhir on his throat, or a hammer on his head; it's shoe-aside all the same."
"But there was no hammer found, was there?" said the widow.
"No," said Larry, "but some people thought he might have hid the hammer afther he done it, to take off the disgrace of the shoe-aside."
"But wasn't there any life in him when he was found?"
"Not a taste. The crowner's jury sot on him, and he never said a word agin it, and if he was alive he would."
"And didn't they find anything at all?" said Oonah.