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12. He died for love of me: many a man has died for love of me.

[aside to ]. Her trouble has put her wits astray.

. Is it long since that song was made? Is it long since he got his death?

. Not long, not long. But there were others that died for love of me a long time ago.

. Were they neighbours of your own, ma’am?

. Come here beside me and I'll tell you about them. [ sits down beside her at the hearth.] There was a red man of the O'Donells from the north, and a man of the O'Sullivans from the south, and there was one Brian that lost his life at Clontarf by the sea, and there were a great many in the west, some that died hundreds of years ago, and there are some that will die tomorrow.

. Is it in the west that men will die to-morrow?

. Come nearer, nearer to me.

. Is she right, do you think? Or is she a woman from beyond the world?

. She doesn’t know well what she's talking about, with the want and the trouble she has gone through.

. The poor thing, we should treat her well.