"Hard eyes she has, your Honor, hating eyes. She's always looking at you to see if it is an enemy is in it. A queer woman, your Honor; the like of her was never known." "But how?" "The talk that's at her, your Honor. The great hatred she bes having of England, and the talk of old Irish times." "And she a lady?" "You'd think it was a queen was in it, with the high head of her, and the proud step of a racing horse. You would, your Honor, you would so." He asked the admiral about her. "Do you know this Miss O'Malley, sir, of Tusa hErin?" "I had the honor to meet her twice, Campbell. A very great woman. A great loss, Campbell, a great loss." "Who is she, sir?" "Good God! Do you mean to tell me you don't know who Grace O'Malley is?" "No, sir, I don't." "One of the greatest Shaksperian actresses, possibly, the English stage ever knew--and you never heard of her. Good God! How abominably ignorant you merchant marine men are!" "Abominably so, sir ... But please tell me, sir, why does she hate England so much?" "Oh, these geniuses, Campbell! They must hate something, or love something to excess ... Depths of feeling, I suppose ... Campbell, do you know anything about Ogham writing?" "Only that it's straight lines on the corners of stones, sir!" "Well, now, I think I've discovered something important, most terribly important ... You may have heard of the Babylonian cuneiform script ..." and the old gentleman was off full gallop on his hobby ... From Simon Fowler he extracted a little more information. "Fowler, do you know Miss O'Malley of Tusa hErin?" "I do, poor lady." "Why poor lady?" "Wouldn't you call any one poor lady who had just been widowed, then lost her two children? Poor lady, I wish I could say something to comfort her." "You! Fowler! You couldn't say anything?" "The wisdom of God, Shane, is sometimes very hard to see. Our physical eyes can only see a little horizon, and yet the whole world is behind it. Miss O'Malley is not a case for any of the ministers of God ... but for Himself ..." "You exaggerate, Fowler. Surely you are wrong ... They say she is young and proud and beautiful." "I don't know. I never noticed ... She may be young and proud and beautiful ... I only thought of the dark harassed thing--inside all the youth and pride and beauty ..." Section 5 He met her for the first time at a neighboring fair ...