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MR. BUNT

He crosses over to Danny. DANNY

It's na for ye tae understand; it's for ye tae hearken , man, for there be word for ye here. But I wouldna' hae turned thon laist caird if I'd ha' known. JIM

Sitting on wagon shaft and bending toward cards. You mean that

queen

of diamonds ?

DANNY

Aye, Jim. JIM

What's that ? DANNY

It's Lu.

JIM

Lu ? DANNY

It's

aye

her when it comes atween th ' ace and th '

twa.

JIM

What makes you so sure of that, Danny? DANNY

Sure, man, didna' it come that way the nicht afore she fell frae the horse, she that they ca’ the Queen o' the Ring, and isna' it aye a dimond croon she

wears, around an' around the ring on

the back o' the white horse ? I wouldna' hae turned thon laist caird - for man, it micht mean

onything.