couldnotspeak。Isoughtforwordsofcomfort，buttheywouldnotcome。TohaveutteredonecheeringsentenceImusthavecontradictedeveryimpressionofmyownmind。Ifelttoomuchawedtoattemptit。Shortlyafterwards，M’Donougharrived。Nowretchedpatienteverunderwentamorethrillingrevulsionatthefirstsightofthecaseofsurgicalinstrumentsunderwhichhehadtosuffer，thandidI
uponbeholdingacertainoblongflatmahoganybox，boundwithbrass，andofabouttwofeetinlength，laiduponthetableinthehall。O’Connor，thankinghimforhispunctuality，requestedhimtocomeintohisstudyforamoment，when，withamelancholycollectedness，heproceededtomakearrangementsforourwitnessinghiswill。Thedocumentwasabriefone，andthewholematterwasjustarranged，whenthetwoO’Gradyscreptsoftlyintotheroom。
’So!lastwillandtestament，’saidtheelder。’Why，youhaveaveryBLUEnotionofthesematters。Itellyou，youneednotbeuneasy。Irememberverywell，whenyoungRyanofBallykealeymetM’Neiltheduellist，betsrantwentytooneagainsthim。Istoleawayfromschool，andhadapeepatthefunaswellasthebestofthem。
Theyfiredtogether。Ryanreceivedtheballthroughthecollarofhiscoat，andM’Neilinthetemple；hespunlikeatop：
itwasamostunexpectedthing，anddisappointedhisfriendsdamnably。Itwasadmitted，however，tohavebeenveryprettyshootinguponbothsides。Tobesure，’hecontinued，pointingtothewill，’youareintherighttokeepuponthesafesideoffortune；butthen，thereisnooccasiontobealtogethersodevilishdowninthemouthasyouappeartobe。’