Do you know Ireland at all? Have you ever toured County Clare for instance? If so, you may have come across a man called Ringwood. He was Anglo Irish, and had an instinct which led him to regard all of Ireland as his own domain. He rejoiced in its abundance of horses, and he and his intimate, Bates, rejoiced in all other kinds of game too. One winter afternoon, he was hailed by a one-eyed horse dealer, who said he had bumped into Bates in a little village called Knockderry, and who had asked to pass on the message that there was something in Knockderry which would interest Ringwood more than a little...