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"
I
do
not
know
,
"
said
the
man
,
"
what
the
custom
of
the
English
may
be
,
but
it
is
the
custom
of
the
Irish
to
hate
villains
.
"
While
this
strange
dialogue
continued
,
I
perceived
the
crowd
rapidly
increase
.
Their
faces
expressed
a
mixture
of
curiosity
and
anger
,
which
annoyed
and
in
some
degree
alarmed
me
.
I
inquired
the
way
to
the
inn
,
but
no
one
replied
.
I
then
moved
forward
,
and
a
murmuring
sound
arose
from
the
crowd
as
they
followed
and
surrounded
me
,
when
an
ill-looking
man
approaching
tapped
me
on
the
shoulder
and
said
,
"
Come
,
sir
,
you
must
follow
me
to
Mr.
Kirwin
's
to
give
an
account
of
yourself
.
"
"
Who
is
Mr.
Kirwin
?
Why
am
I
to
give
an
account
of
myself
?
Is
not
this
a
free
country
?
"
"
Ay
,
sir
,
free
enough
for
honest
folks
.
Mr.
Kirwin
is
a
magistrate
,
and
you
are
to
give
an
account
of
the
death
of
a
gentleman
who
was
found
murdered
here
last
night
.
"
This
answer
startled
me
,
but
I
presently
recovered
myself
.
I
was
innocent
;
that
could
easily
be
proved
;
accordingly
I
followed
my
conductor
in
silence
and
was
led
to
one
of
the
best
houses
in
the
town
.
I
was
ready
to
sink
from
fatigue
and
hunger
,
but
being
surrounded
by
a
crowd
,
I
thought
it
politic
to
rouse
all
my
strength
,
that
no
physical
debility
might
be
construed
into
apprehension
or
conscious
guilt
.
Little
did
I
then
expect
the
calamity
that
was
in
a
few
moments
to
overwhelm
me
and
extinguish
in
horror
and
despair
all
fear
of
ignominy
or
death
.
I
must
pause
here
,
for
it
requires
all
my
fortitude
to
recall
the
memory
of
the
frightful
events
which
I
am
about
to
relate
,
in
proper
detail
,
to
my
recollection
.
I
was
soon
introduced
into
the
presence
of
the
magistrate
,
an
old
benevolent
man
with
calm
and
mild
manners
.
He
looked
upon
me
,
however
,
with
some
degree
of
severity
,
and
then
,
turning
towards
my
conductors
,
he
asked
who
appeared
as
witnesses
on
this
occasion
.
About
half
a
dozen
men
came
forward
;
and
,
one
being
selected
by
the
magistrate
,
he
deposed
that
he
had
been
out
fishing
the
night
before
with
his
son
and
brother-in-law
,
Daniel
Nugent
,
when
,
about
ten
o'clock
,
they
observed
a
strong
northerly
blast
rising
,
and
they
accordingly
put
in
for
port
.
It
was
a
very
dark
night
,
as
the
moon
had
not
yet
risen
;
they
did
not
land
at
the
harbour
,
but
,
as
they
had
been
accustomed
,
at
a
creek
about
two
miles
below
.
He
walked
on
first
,
carrying
a
part
of
the
fishing
tackle
,
and
his
companions
followed
him
at
some
distance
.
As
he
was
proceeding
along
the
sands
,
he
struck
his
foot
against
something
and
fell
at
his
length
on
the
ground
.
His
companions
came
up
to
assist
him
,
and
by
the
light
of
their
lantern
they
found
that
he
had
fallen
on
the
body
of
a
man
,
who
was
to
all
appearance
dead
.
Their
first
supposition
was
that
it
was
the
corpse
of
some
person
who
had
been
drowned
and
was
thrown
on
shore
by
the
waves
,
but
on
examination
they
found
that
the
clothes
were
not
wet
and
even
that
the
body
was
not
then
cold
.
They
instantly
carried
it
to
the
cottage
of
an
old
woman
near
the
spot
and
endeavoured
,
but
in
vain
,
to
restore
it
to
life
.
It
appeared
to
be
a
handsome
young
man
,
about
five
and
twenty
years
of
age
.
He
had
apparently
been
strangled
,
for
there
was
no
sign
of
any
violence
except
the
black
mark
of
fingers
on
his
neck
.
The
first
part
of
this
deposition
did
not
in
the
least
interest
me
,
but
when
the
mark
of
the
fingers
was
mentioned
I
remembered
the
murder
of
my
brother
and
felt
myself
extremely
agitated
;
my
limbs
trembled
,
and
a
mist
came
over
my
eyes
,
which
obliged
me
to
lean
on
a
chair
for
support
.
