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The McEacherns were as horrified as the Pooles at the tragic fate of poor Black Belle.
-"Didn't I tell ye?" said McEachern. "Now, what is a sheep compared with yon poor beastie? Ye go any further, and we'll no have a roof over our heads. It's no for the likes of yerselves to get into a fight wi' the likes o' yon. Yer hands would be held by respectability, an' they to have no limits on theirs."