way from Diddy and the Twins to see this grand sight!

The footman jumped down and helped down the ladies, while the driver, in
livery, stood beside the horses' heads with his hand on their bridles.

Then all the young gentlemen and ladies went about the Fair to see the
sights.

"'Tis a grand party from the Castle," said Mr McQueen to the Twins.
"And sure, that's the Earl's daughter, the Lady Kathleen herself, with
the pink roses on her hat! I haven't seen a sight of her since she was
a slip of a girl, the size of yourselves."

Lady Kathleen and her party came by just at that moment, and when she
saw Diddy with her ribbons and the Twins beside her, the Lady Kathleen
stopped.

The Twins could hardly take their eyes off her sweet face and her pretty
dress, and the flowered hat, but she asked them all sorts of questions,
and finally they found themselves telling her the story of how they
found the pig.

"And what is your pig's name?" said Lady Kathleen.

"Sure, ma'am, it's Deirdre, but we call her Diddy for short," Eileen
answered.

All the young gentlemen and ladies laughed. The Twins didn't like to be
laughed at--they were almost ready to cry.

"And why did you call her Deirdre?" asked Lady Kathleen.

"It was because of finding her in the bog all alone with herself, the
same as Deirdre when she was a baby and found by the high King of
Emain," Eileen explained.

"A very good reason, and it's the finest story in Ireland," said Lady
Kathleen. "I'm glad you know it so well, and she is such a fine pig
that I'm going to buy her from you myself."

All the young ladies seemed to think this very funny, indeed. But Lady
Kathleen didn't laugh. She called one of the footmen. He came running.
"Do you see that this pig is sent to the Castle when the Fair is over,"
she said.

"I will, your Ladyship," said the footman. Then Lady Kathleen took out
her purse. "What is the price of your pig?" she said to the Twins.

They didn't know what to say, but the Judge, who was standing near,
said, "She is a high-bred pig, your Ladyship, and worth all of three
pounds."

"Three pounds it is, then," said the Lady Kathleen. She opened her
purse and took out three golden sovereigns.

She gave them to the Twins and then almost before they found breath to
say, "Thank you, ma'am," she and her gay company had gone on to another
part of the Fair. The Judge made a mark on Diddy's back to show that
she had been sold.

The Twins