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Dialogue following No. 16.
Mickie.
Halt there!
Dan.
What do you see, Mickie?
Mickie.
Somebody that's keepin' invisible!
All Men retire into caves out of sight.
Dan.
(to Mickie) Stay where ye are, sentry. It's an honourable post ye are holdin', mind that.
Mickie.
Holdin' the post, am I? Didn't ye tie me to it yourself with your own two hand' and one of my braces? Bedad, it's the post that's holdin' me, not me the post at all.
Terence.
(Heard off) Erin-go-bragh!
Dan.
Maybe it's only Terence, after all.
Terence.
(entering) It is. Where are the boys?
Dan.
They thought you was the soldiers.
Terence.
I see. Have they gone far?
Dan.
Not far, considerin' the start they had.
Men re-enter.
Terence.
Well, you need think no more of the red-coats.
Dan.
It's little enough we think of them. We treat them with contempt.
Terence.
They have refused to come here, and we are perfectly safe.
All.
Hooroo!
Terence.
Professor Bunn, our new recruit, succeeded in persuading them that this place is haunted by fairies. They are frightened to death of coming here.
Dan.
And it's the little Professor did that?
Terence.
He was mainly responsible for the details of the plan.
Dan.
Then it's a credit to Ireland he is. What do ye say, boys?
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