@@@@@"Say that to Daniel, buried in O'hara land 342
@@@@@"Say that to
Daniel, buried in O'hara land that was lost for hundreds of years
Or your precious Fenians, who've been using me all this time
worry, Colum, I'm not going to give you awayBallyhara will just as
it is, with the inn for the men on the run, and the bars you all to
talk against the English inI'll make you bailiff for and MrsFitz
will keep the Big house going just the way it isreally what
you care about, not me
"No!" The cry burst from Colum's lips"Ach, Scarlett, yoi grievous
wrongYou're my pride and my delight, and Katie C holds my heart in
her tiny hands'Tis only that Ireland is my and must be first he
held out his hands to her in supplicationyou believe me, for I'm
speaking the plain truth of it Scarlett tried to smileAnd you have to lieve meThe wise woman said, 'You'll
do what's given you to That's what you're doing with your life, Colum,
and it's what doing with mine Scarlett's steps dragged as she walked
to the Big houseIt as if the heaviness of her heart had travelled to
her feetThe with Colum had cut deepShe had gone to him before
anyone else, expecting understanding and compassion, hoping against
hope that he might tell her some way out of the path she had chosen
he had failed her, and she felt very aloneShe dreaded telling Cat
that she was going to be married, that they'd have to leave Ballyhara's
woods that Cat so loved and the tower that was her special place
Cat's reaction lifted her heart"I like cities," said Cat"That's
where the zoo i
