"Begob," says Tom, "I don't belave it at all, at all. Mac must have been drunk to let them lock him up when he was sober."
"I say, Tom," says O'Holleran, "do you believe in drames?"
"Sure, I do," says Tom. "Whoi?"
"Then what's it a sign of when a married man drames he's a bachelor?"
"Begob," says Tom, "it's a sign of disappointment—when he wakes up."
"Do you know, Tom," says O'Holleran, "I'd give a hundred dollars to know the exact spot I'm going to die on."
"Whoi?" says Tom.
"Whoi, you gossoon, I'd never go near the ould spot at all, at all."
