But the master himself was an old Oxford miler, who could still bear it better than I; nay, as I flagged and stumbled, I heard him pounding steadily behind.
"A Thief in the Night"
E. W. Hornung
The apostate, miler Magrath, attempted to tamper with his faith in his last moments, but the chieftain bade him rather to repent himself and to return to the faith of his fathers.
"An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800"
Mary Frances Cusack