"
"It was that," said Mrs. O'Brien. "I've heard the like of it before.
When you have touched your eyes with that ointment you can always see
the Good People, whether they want you to or not. That was why he
tried to strike your eyes, and if he had struck them he would have put
them out. You will always see the Good People now wherever you meet
them. They don't like to be seen except when they choose, and so they
may try to do you harm, and you must be careful. Keep the little cross
always by you.
"And now come with me," the old woman went on. "I have had enough of
this, and I will have no more."
"Come with you where, grandmother?" Kathleen asked.
"To the Sullivans," the old woman answered.
* * * * *
It was only a little while after they had gone when the Hill Terence
came to the door. "Mrs. O'Brien and Miss Kathleen have gone to the
Sullivans'," the servant told him.
"Will they be back soon?" he asked.
"I don't think so," the servant said; "it was only a few minutes ago
that they went away.
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