"Did you shoot him?"
"No. He was out of my range."
Greene—"These wakes of yours are pretty boisterous affairs sometimes."
Finnegan—"Av coarse! Sure, we hav' t' make a great noise t' wake the dead."
"I see Dorkins has got all of his seven daughters married off."
"Yes, but he took advantage of his official position to effect it."
"How was that?"
"Why, he is chairman of the board of public works and he advertised for proposals."