Duinnín in Áth na Lachan (tuilleadh)
Dineen in Duckford (continued)
- ‘Thuig Toole nárbh fhiú aon ní a cheilt. Tá marc an dúnmharfóra ar a chlár éadain ón uair gur rugadh é,’ arsa Nell.
‘Seafoid,’ arsa an gabha. ‘Nil ansin ach ball dearg, faoi mar a bheadh gead ar chapall.’
‘Cá raibh Fayley Toole sular fhill sé abhaile an lá úd?’ arsa an Duinníneach.
‘Toole realized that there was no point in hiding anything. The mark of the murderer has been on his forehead since the time he was born,’ said Nell.
‘Nonsense,’ said the smith, ‘Nothing there but a red mark, about like a patch on a horse.’
‘Where was Fayley Toole before he returned home that day?’ said Dineen.