"I say goroosh! I say hurrah! I say hip, hip, hurrah! I say Erin-go-bragh! I say the Desmonds forever; and beyond and above all other things, I say God bless the little Desmond, the future owner of the Romney. God bless and keep her forever!"
"Granddad, _what_ a noise you are making," said Margot, coming in at that moment, having got over her tears.
"It was about you, my pushkeen. It's all settled and you are to be a Desmond forever and forever and forever!"
Little Margot did not understand, but she was happy beyond words; and what _could_ it matter about understanding when you are happy--too happy even to speak?
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Girl of High Adventure, by L. T. Meade