I'm dommed good an' ready," said Callahan, jabbing the snout of his oiler into the link machinery.

"Ye'll ride this night where Patsy Callahan dhrives, an' be dommed to ye."

Presently there stole through the silence a tremulous voice intoning the "Libera Nos," with its strange refrain: "A furore Normanorum Libera nos, O Domme!"

Shoot hell into the dommed Tories!"