"
"Did he tell us the right thing to do when he told us to bring Terence
here to learn the ways of men and to teach them to us?"
"Sure Terence is a good boy," said the King, "and he plays the fiddle
as well as Naggeneen himself, so we don't miss Naggeneen for the only
thing that he was good for. And Terence is easier to have about other
ways."
"But has he ever learned the ways of men and taught them to us?" the
Queen asked.
The King was getting annoyed. "He has learned them, I think," he said,
"but he has never taught them to us. And you know Naggeneen himself
said the plan would be no use."
"He did," said the Queen; "only you would try it. And just so all this
talk is no use. What will we do for a nurse for the baby?"
"We'll find one some way," the King answered. "Was you thinking of
anyone in particular?"
"I was not thinking of anyone in particular."
"How would Kathleen O'Brien do, do you think?" the King asked.
"I don't want to be troubling the O'Briens," the Queen said, "and they
always so kind to us.
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