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"See here now me jool, " said Biddy Flynn, when Juana awoke from a good sleep several hours later, and found her new friend beside her with a cup of coffee and a handful of biscuits, "ye must be after takin' thim goold earrings out av yer pretty ears, or wan of them murderin' blayguards av Portugee muleteers will be tearin' 'em out an' robbin' ye entirely."
Juana looked at Biddy with a pathetic little smile. She did not understand a word of the Connemara dialect, but she recognised the kindly feeling that inspired the speech. She let Biddy take the big gold rings out of her ears, and Biddy made signs to her that they would be safely kept.