In Re Garland Author:Garland General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1870 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER XVI. " Yon gave Cauth a bad habit -- doing too mnch for her," Johanna said to Mary, as the little party sat together the night before the wedding. " I declare she knows little more than when she cama here, in the way of dhressing anything !" "Except herself," added Connor. "An' she didn't require much taiching for that." "I'm afeaved to lave anything in her han's while the mass is going on to-morrow." " Sure there wont be much to be looked after, then," Mary said. " Everything 'ould want to be ready when the mass is over, for fear the priests 'ould be in any hurry." "Wont Billix be here ?" asked Connor. "An' doesn't he know how to do everything ?" "O! indeed, Mary asked him herself. I believe lie was the only one she asked." " No ; I asked John Brennan, too, or at laste I told me father to ask him for the sake of old times," Mary said. " Billix had great opportchunities, certainly, in fln' out iv all the grand houses in the counthry," said Johanna. "Billix does know how things ought to be done. But tisn't that alone: but 'ould Mrs. Meany 'ill be staying below, I suppose, i. ., in the kitchen, or " the room ;" that is, the bedroom of tho women of the house; " above" being the parlour. till they're married; and may be she'll be expecting me to keep her company." " An' sure 'tisn't to leave me alone you would, mother?" said Mary. " You needn't be afeared to laive her to Cauth, anyway," put in Connor; " she's able to take care iv herself, I promise ye. Well, for your new cap -- if you had it on -- that she didn't hear you call her ould ?" "Well, an' sure I oughtn't aither; whatever ...« less