well have
learned on the spot, I should have been there already."

"There is no occasion for impatience, Zeno. I must send to Hickey and
find a place for you. I shall tell him you are going to recover your
health, as, in fact, you are. And, Zeno, in Heaven's name be discreet.
Try to act like a man of sense. Do not dispute with Hickey on matters
of religion. Since you are my nephew, you had better not disgrace me."

"I shall become an ardent Catholic, and do you infinite credit,
uncle."

"I wish you would, although you would hardly be an acquisition to the
Church. And now I must turn you out. It is nearly three o'clock; and I
need some sleep. Do you know your way back to your hotel?"

"I need not stir. I can sleep in this chair. Go to bed, and never mind
me."

"I shall not close my eyes until you are safely out of the house.
Come, rouse yourself and say good-night."

* * * * *

The following is a copy of my first report to the Cardinal:--

"Four Mile Water, County Wicklow,
10th August.

"My Dear Uncle,

"The miracle is genuine. I have affected perfect credulity in order to
throw the Hickeys and countryfolk off their guard with me. I have
listened to their method of convincing the sceptical strangers. I have
examined the ordnance maps, and cross-examined the neighboring
Protestant gentlefolk. I have spent a day upon the ground on each side
of the water, and have visited it at midnight. I have considered the
upheaval theories, subsidence theories, volcanic theories, and tidal
wave theories which the provincial savants have suggested. They are
all untenable. There is only one scoffer in the district, an
Orangeman; and he admits the removal of the cemetery, but says it was
dug up and transplanted in the night by a body of men under the
command of Father Tom. This is also out of the question. The interment
of Brimstone Billy was the first which had taken place for four
years; and his is the only grave which bears the trace of recent
digging. It is alone on the north bank; and the inhabitants shun it
after night fall. As each passer-by during the day throws a stone upon
it, it will soon be marked by a large cairn. The graveyard, with a
ruined stone chapel still standing in its midst, is on the south side.
You may send down a committee to investigate the matter as soon as you
please. There can be no doubt as to the miracle having actually taken
place, as reco