"Who was it had the nine children?"
"Auld Nick fly away wid the nine he's got iv them; didn't I tell your haner it was all blarney to move the tinder feelings of Brian O'Reily?"
"Who was it then, you were talking to through the key hole?"
"An 'is it his name your haner's axing after all this time? couldn't you just say so at wanst, an not throw me out wid the story all thegither? It's the Divil's own aid-the-camp I'm thinkin. It's the man that makes swords all the time he's makin horse shoes, they call him Worley I'm thinkin."
"Worley! is it possible? have you seen him this morning?"
"Be the contints iv the book but I saw him not an hour gone, through the key hole; he was stanin up to hay like the Governor's horse, but his appetite seemed to uv left him intirely."
"Can you show the officers where he is?"
"I can do that same, I'm bould to say; didn't I tell your haner it's the key I had was turned an im?"
"And what is it the key of, O'Reily?"
"Faix it's the key to the Governor's stable." (This answer produced a loud laugh from the spectators.) "Divel a word o lie's in it."