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@@ -1,27 +1,4 @@ -The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Kellys and the O’Kellys, by Anthony Trollope - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The Kellys and the O’Kellys - -Author: Anthony Trollope - -Release Date: March 27, 2002 [eBook #4917] -[Most recently updated: September 26, 2021] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Andrew Turek and Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KELLYS AND THE O’KELLYS *** +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 4917 *** @@ -195,7 +172,7 @@ lost. The two young men, too, were violent Repealers. The elder of them was a three-year-old denizen of Dublin, who knew the names of the contributors to the “Nation”, who had constantly listened to the indignation and enthusiasm of O’Connell, Smith O’Brien, and O’Neill -Daunt, in their addresses from the rostrum of the Conciliation Hall +Daunt, in their addresses from the rostrum of the Conciliation Hall [7]; who had drank much porter at Jude’s, who had eaten many oysters at Burton Bindon’s, who had seen and contributed to many rows in the Abbey Street Theatre; who, during his life in Dublin, had done many things @@ -234,7 +211,7 @@ comfortably, by sheer industry, that which so many of her class, when similarly situated, are willing to owe to compassion. She held on the farm, which her husband rented from Lord Ballindine, -till her eldest son was able to take it. He, however, was now a gauger +till her eldest son was able to take it. He, however, was now a gauger [8] in the north of Ireland. Her second son was the attorney’s clerk; and the farm had descended to Martin, the younger, whom we have left jostling and jostled at one of the great doors of the Four Courts, and @@ -2140,7 +2117,7 @@ He made up his mind, at last, to put a bold face on the matter; to find out from Anty herself whether there was any truth in the story; and, if there should be,—for he felt confident she would not be able to deceive him,—to frighten her and the whole party of the Kellys out of what he -considered a damnable conspiracy to rob him of his father’s property, +considered a damnable conspiracy to rob him of his father’s property. He got off his horse, and stalked into the house. On inquiry, he found that Anty was in her own room. He was sorry she was not out; for, to @@ -3119,7 +3096,7 @@ he felt that, in any way, there might be bright days yet in store for him. He would, however, still make the last effort for the whole stake. It -would be time enough to give in, and make the best of a _pis aller_ +would be time enough to give in, and make the best of a _pis aller_ [14], when he was forced to do so. If beaten, he would make use of Martin Kelly; but he would first try if he couldn’t prove him to be a swindling adventurer, and his sister to be an idiot. @@ -3413,19 +3390,26 @@ directed on no account to return without an answer. If Mr Daly wasn’t at home, he was to wait for his return; that is, if he was expected home that night. -Dunmore House, Feb. 1844. -My dear Sir, - I wish to consult you on legal business, which will _bear no - delay_. The subject is of considerable importance, and I am induced - to think it will be more ably handled by you than by Mr Blake, my - father’s man of business. There is a bed at your service at Dunmore - House, and I shall be glad to see you to dinner to-morrow. - I am, dear Sir, Your faithful servant, - BARRY - LYNCH. -P.S.—You had better not mention in Tuam that you are coming to me,—not -that my business is one that I intend to keep secret. -J. Daly, Esq., Solicitor, Tuam. + Dunmore House, + Feb. 1844. + + My dear Sir, + + I wish to consult you on legal business, which will _bear no + delay_. The subject is of considerable importance, and I am induced + to think it will be more ably handled by you than by Mr Blake, my + father’s man of business. There is a bed at your service at Dunmore + House, and I shall be glad to see you to dinner to-morrow. + + I am, dear Sir, + Your faithful servant, + BARRY LYNCH. + + P.S.—You had better not mention in Tuam that you are coming to + me,—not that my business is one that I intend to keep secret. + + J. Daly, Esq., Solicitor, + Tuam. In about two hours’ time, Terry had put the above into the hands of the @@ -4753,7 +4737,7 @@ and well-weighed objections, which he knew her guardian would put forward. He consoled himself, however, with thinking that, at any rate, they could not prevent his seeing her; and he was quite sanguine as to her forgiveness, if he but got a fair opportunity of asking it. And -when that was obtained, why should the care for any one? Fanny would be +when that was obtained, why should he care for any one? Fanny would be of age, and her own mistress, in a few days, and all the solemn earls in England, and Ireland too, could not then prevent her marrying whom and when she liked. @@ -6165,7 +6149,7 @@ speak to you for a minute or two. Good morning, Mrs Griffiths.” “Oh, no! you won’t disturb me, Fanny. I was a little busy this morning, for I wanted to finish this side of the—You see what a deal I’ve done,”—and the countess lugged up a whole heap of miscellaneous worsted -from a basket just under her arm—“and I must finish it by lady-day +from a basket just under her arm—“and I must finish it by lady-day [25], or I shan’t get the other done, I don’t know when. But still, I’ve plenty of time to attend to you.” @@ -6619,7 +6603,7 @@ moreover, an evident conviction in the minds of all the three, that Frank, of course, looked on the accident as a piece of unalloyed good fortune—a splendid windfall in his way, unattended with any disagreeable concomitants. This grated against his feelings, and made -him conscious that he was not yet heartless enough to be quite fit for, +him conscious that he was not yet heartless enough to be quite fit for the society in which he found himself. The party soon went into the dining-room; and Frank at first got a @@ -7156,7 +7140,7 @@ crack a nag in our stables, as his lordship.” “Maybe we may, some day; one down and another come on, you know; as the butcher-boy said.” -“At any rate, your horses don’t want bottom” said Frank. +“At any rate, your horses don’t want bottom,” said Frank. He—he—he! laughed John, or rather tried to do so. He had laughed at that joke a thousand times; and, in the best of humours, he wasn’t a @@ -7663,35 +7647,32 @@ have got into a scrape.” “I’ll just put down what I would say, were I you; and if you like you can copy it.” Daly then wrote the following letter— -My Dear Anty, - Before taking other steps, which could not fail of being very - disagreeable to you and to others, I wish to point out to you how - injudiciously you are acting in leaving your own house; and to try - to induce you to do that which will be most beneficial to - yourself, and most conducive to your happiness and respectability. - If you will return to Dunmore House, I most solemnly promise to - leave you unmolested. I much regret that my violence on Thursday - should have annoyed you, but I can assure you it was attributable - merely to my anxiety on your account. Nothing, however, shall - induce me to repeat it. But you must be aware that a little inn is - not a fit place for you to be stopping at; and I am obliged to - tell you that I have conclusive evidence of a conspiracy having - been formed, by the family with whom you are staying, to get - possession of your money; and that this conspiracy was entered - into very shortly after the contents of my father’s will had been - made public. I _must_ have this fact proved at the Assizes, and - the disreputable parties to it punished, unless you will consent, - at any rate for a time, to put yourself under the protection of - your brother. - In the meantime pray believe me, dear Anty, in spite of - appearances, - Your - affectionate - brother, - BARR - Y - LYNC - H. + “My Dear Anty, + + “Before taking other steps, which could not fail of being very + disagreeable to you and to others, I wish to point out to you how + injudiciously you are acting in leaving your own house; and to try + to induce you to do that which will be most beneficial to yourself, + and most conducive to your happiness and respectability. If you + will return to Dunmore House, I most solemnly promise to leave you + unmolested. I much regret that my violence on Thursday should have + annoyed you, but I can assure you it was attributable merely to + my anxiety on your account. Nothing, however, shall induce me to + repeat it. But you must be aware that a little inn is not a fit + place for you to be stopping at; and I am obliged to tell you that + I have conclusive evidence of a conspiracy having been formed, by + the family with whom you are staying, to get possession of your + money; and that this conspiracy was entered into very shortly after + the contents of my father’s will had been made public. I _must_ + have this fact proved at the Assizes, and the disreputable parties + to it punished, unless you will consent, at any rate for a time, to + put yourself under the protection of your brother. + + “In the meantime pray believe me, dear Anty, in spite of + appearances, + + “Your affectionate brother, + BARRY LYNCH.” It was then agreed that this letter should be copied and signed by @@ -8159,46 +8140,32 @@ stumbling-blocks, in which, however, Anty’s quiet perseverance carried the point, in opposition to the wishes of all the Kellys. The words put in brackets were those peculiarly objected to. -Dunmore Inn. February, 1844. -DEAR BARRY, - I (am very sorry I) can’t come back to the house, at any rate just - at present. I am not very sthrong in health, and there are kind - female friends about me here, which you know there couldn’t be up - at the house. - - -Anty herself, in the original draft inserted “ladies,” but the widow’s -good sense repudiated the term, and insisted on the word “females”: -Jane suggested that “females” did not sound quite respectful alone, and -Martin thought that Anty might call them “female friends,” which was -consequently done. - -—“Besides, there are reasons why I’m quieter here, till things are a -little more settled. I will forgive (and forget) all that happened up -at the house between us— - - -“Why, you can’t forget it,” said Meg. “Oh, I could, av’ he was kind to -me. I’d forget it all in a week av’ he was kind to me,” answered Anty— - -(and I will do nothing particular without first letting you know). - - -They were all loud against this paragraph, but they could not carry -their point. - -I must tell you, dear Barry, that you are very much mistaken about the -people of this house: they are dear, kind friends to me, and, wherever -I am, I must love them to the last day of my life—but indeed I am, and -hope you believe so, - Your - affectionate - sister, - ANAS - TASI - A - LYNC - H. + “Dunmore Inn. February, 1844. + + “DEAR BARRY, + + “I (am very sorry I) can’t come back to the house, at any rate + just at present. I am not very sthrong in health, and there are + kind female friends about me here, which you know there couldn’t + be up at the house.”—Anty herself, in the original draft inserted + ‘ladies,’ but the widow’s good sense repudiated the term, and + insisted on the word ‘females:’ Jane suggested that ‘females’ + did not sound quite respectful alone, and Martin thought that + Anty might call them ‘female friends,’ which was consequently + done.—“Besides, there are reasons why I’m quieter here, till things + are a little more settled. I will forgive (and forget) all that + happened up at the house between us”—‘Why, you can’t forget it,’ + said Meg. ‘Oh, I could, av’ he was kind to me. I’d forget it all in + a week av’ he was kind to me,’ answered Anty—(and I will do nothing + particular without first letting you know).” They were all loud + against this paragraph, but they could not carry their point. “I + must tell you, dear Barry, that you are very much mistaken about + the people of this house: they are dear, kind friends to me, and, + wherever I am, I must love them to the last day of my life—but + indeed I am, and hope you believe so, + + “Your affectionate sister, + ANASTASIA LYNCH.” When the last paragraph was read over Anty’s shoulder, Meg declared she @@ -8317,7 +8284,7 @@ respectable practice, to see the manner in which his brethren towards the west of Ireland get through their work. Daly’s office was open to all the world; the front door of the house, of which he rented the ground floor, was never closed, except at night; nor was the door of -the office, which opened immediately into the hail. +the office, which opened immediately into the hall. During the hour that Moylan was waiting in the parlour, Daly was sitting, with his hat on, upon a high stool, with his feet resting on a @@ -8672,7 +8639,7 @@ Still it was a moment or two before he could answer the young farmer. “Why,” he said—“why did you put your hands to such a dirty job as this, Martin?—you were doing well, and not in want—and how could you let -anyone persuade you to go and sell yourself to, an ugly ould maid, for +anyone persuade you to go and sell yourself to an ugly ould maid, for a few hundred pounds? Don’t you know, that if you were married to her this minute, you’d have a lawsuit that’d go near to ruin you before you could get possession of the property?” @@ -8753,7 +8720,7 @@ he was equally civil in his salutation. get off without the treadmill, any way: it’s well av’ the whole kit of us don’t have to go over the wather at the queen’s expense.” -“The Lord be good to us;” said the widow, crossing herself. What’s the +“The Lord be good to us;” said the widow, crossing herself. “What’s the matter, Mr Daly?” “Your son’s joking, ma’am. I was only asking to see Miss Lynch, on @@ -9281,7 +9248,7 @@ didn’t think you were so soft.” “I’ll moyle him, and spoil him too, the false blackguard, to turn agin the family—them as has made him! I wondher what he’s to get for swearing agin us?”—And then, after a pause, she added in a most -pathetic voice “oh, Martin, to think of being dragged away to Galway, +pathetic voice—“oh, Martin, to think of being dragged away to Galway, before the whole counthry, to be made a conspirather of! I, that always paid my way, before and behind, though only a poor widdy! Who’s to mind the shop, I wondher?—I’m shure Meg’s not able; and there’ll be Mary’ll @@ -10091,7 +10058,7 @@ soiled by weather, water, and wear. The General was a rich man, and therefore always had a horse to suit him. On the present occasion, he was riding a strong brown beast, called Parsimony, that would climb over anything, and creep down the gable end of a house if he were -required to do so. He was got by OEconomy; those who know county Mayo +required to do so. He was got by -Œconomy; those who know county Mayo know the breed well. They were now all crowded into the large dining-room at Kelly’s Court; @@ -10354,7 +10321,7 @@ break; and ten to one they’ll chop him in the cover.” “Take ’em gently through the firs; maybe he’s lying out—and down into the gorse, and then, if he’s there, he must go away, and into a tip-top -country too—miles upon miles of pasture—right away to Ballintubber,” +country too—miles upon miles of pasture—right away to Ballintubber.” “That’s thrue, too, my lord: let his Rivirence alone for understandhing a fox,” said Mick, with a wink. @@ -10526,7 +10493,7 @@ who is in great doubt whether his thoroughbred steeplechaser will ever recover his day’s work, and who has been personally administering warm mashes and bandages before he would venture to take his own boots off, finds he does not know half as much about the hunt, or can tell half as -correctly where the game went, as our, quiet-going friend, whose hack +correctly where the game went, as our quiet-going friend, whose hack will probably go out on the following morning under the car, with the mistress and children. Such a one was Parson Armstrong; and when Lord Ballindine and most of the others went away after the hounds, he coolly @@ -11127,7 +11094,7 @@ word or so to Mrs Kelly before he comes up.” to me about? Faix, I had spaking enough with him last time he was here.” -“You’d better just see him, Mrs Kelly,” whispered the, doctor. “You’ll +“You’d better just see him, Mrs Kelly,” whispered the doctor. “You’ll find him quiet enough, now; just take him fair and asy; keep him downstairs a moment, while Jane gives her the medicine. She’d better take it just before he goes to her, and don’t let him stay long, @@ -11172,7 +11139,7 @@ quite a dandy to do honour to the occasion of paying probably a parting visit to his sister, whom he had driven out of her own house to die at the inn. He had on his new blue frock-coat, and a buff waistcoat with gilt buttons, over which his watch-chain was gracefully arranged. His -pantaloons were strapped clown very tightly over his polished boots; a +pantaloons were strapped down very tightly over his polished boots; a shining new silk hat was on one side of his head; and in his hand he was dangling an ebony cane. In spite, however, of all these gaudy trappings, he could not muster up an easy air; and, as he knocked, he @@ -11627,7 +11594,7 @@ come forward, and thry and make him do something for himself. You can’t but come together; you’ll be the executhor in the will; won’t you, Martin? and then he’ll meet you about the property; he can’t help it, and you must meet then as frinds. And keep that up. If he insults you, -forgive it or my sake; if he’s fractious and annoying, put up with it +forgive it for my sake; if he’s fractious and annoying, put up with it for my sake; for my sake thry to make him like you, and thry to make others like him.” Martin felt that this would be impossible, but he didn’t say so—“No one respects him now, but all respect you. I see it @@ -11738,76 +11705,77 @@ Two days after the hunt in which poor Goneaway was killed by Barry’s horse, Ballindine received the following letter from his friend Dot Blake. -Limmer’s Hotel, 27th March, 1844. -Dear Frank, - I and Brien, and Bottom, crossed over last Friday night, and, - thanks to the God of storms, were allowed to get quietly through - it. The young chieftain didn’t like being boxed on the quay a bit - too well; the rattling of the chains upset him, and the fellows - there are so infernally noisy and awkward, that I wonder he was - ever got on board. It’s difficult to make an Irishman handy, but - it’s the very devil to make him quiet. There were four at his - head, and three at his tail, two at the wheel, turning, and one up - aloft, hallooing like a demon in the air; and when Master Brien - showed a little aversion to this comic performance, they were - going to drag him into the box _bon gré, mal gré_, till Bottom - interposed and saved the men and the horse from destroying each - other. - We got safe to Middleham on Saturday night, the greatest part of - the way by rail. Scott has a splendid string of horses. These - English fellows do their work in tiptop style, only they think - more of spending money than they do of making it. I waited to see - him out on Monday, when he’d got a trot, and he was as bright as - though he’d never left the Curragh. Scott says he’s a little too - fine; but you know of course he must find some fault. To give Igoe - his due, he could not be in better condition, and Scott was - obliged to own that, _considering where he came from_, he was very - well. I came on here on Tuesday, and have taken thirteen wherever - I could get it, and thought the money safe. I have got a good deal - on, and won’t budge till I do it at six to one; and I’m sure I’ll - bring him to that. I think he’ll rise quickly, as he wants so - little training, and as his qualities must be at once known now - he’s in Scott’s stables; so if you mean to put any more on you had - better do it at once. - So much for the stables. I left the other two at home, but have - one of my own string here, as maybe I’ll pick up a match: and now - I wish to let you know a report that I heard this morning—at least - a secret, which bids fair to become a report. It is said that - Kilcullen is to marry F–––– W––––, and that he has already paid - Heaven only knows how many thousand pounds of debt with her money; - that the old earl has arranged it all, and that the beautiful - heiress has reluctantly agreed to be made a viscountess. I’m very - far from saying that I believe this; but it may suit you to know - that I heard the arrangement mentioned before two other persons, - one of whom was Morris;—strange enough this, as he was one of the - set at Handicap Lodge when you told them that the match with - yourself was still on. I have no doubt the plan would suit father - and son; you best know how far the lady may have been likely to - accede. At any rate, my dear Frank, if you’ll take my advice, - you’ll not sit quiet till she does marry some one. You can’t - expect she’ll wear the willow for you very long, if you do nothing - yourself. Write to her by post, and write to the earl by the same - post, saying you have done so. Tell her in the sweetest way you - can, that you cannot live without seeing her, and getting your - _congé_ [39], if _congé_ it is to be, from her own dear lips; and - tell him, in as few words, as you please, that you mean to do - yourself the honour of knocking at his door on such and such a - day—and do it. - By the bye, Kilcullen certainly returns to Ireland immediately. - There’s been the devil’s own smash among him and the Jews. He has - certainly been dividing money among them; but not near enough, by - all accounts, to satisfy the half of them. For the sake of your - reputation, if not of your pocket, don’t let him walk off with the - hundred and thirty thousand pounds. They say it’s not a penny - less. - Very - faithfully - yours, - W. - BLAK - E. - Shall I do anything for you here about Brien? I think I might - still get you eleven to one, but let me hear at once. + “Limmer’s Hotel, 27th March, 1844. + + “Dear Frank, + + “I and Brien, and Bottom, crossed over last Friday night, and, + thanks to the God of storms, were allowed to get quietly through + it. The young chieftain didn’t like being boxed on the quay a bit + too well; the rattling of the chains upset him, and the fellows + there are so infernally noisy and awkward, that I wonder he was + ever got on board. It’s difficult to make an Irishman handy, but + it’s the very devil to make him quiet. There were four at his head, + and three at his tail, two at the wheel, turning, and one up aloft, + hallooing like a demon in the air; and when Master Brien showed a + little aversion to this comic performance, they were going to drag + him into the box _bon gré, mal gré_, till Bottom interposed and + saved the men and the horse from destroying each other. + + “We got safe to Middleham on Saturday night, the greatest part + of the way by rail. Scott has a splendid string of horses. These + English fellows do their work in tiptop style, only they think more + of spending money than they do of making it. I waited to see him + out on Monday, when he’d got a trot, and he was as bright as though + he’d never left the Curragh. Scott says he’s a little too fine; but + you know of course he must find some fault. To give Igoe his due, + he could not be in better condition, and Scott was obliged to own + that, _considering where he came from_, he was very well. I came on + here on Tuesday, and have taken thirteen wherever I could get it, + and thought the money safe. I have got a good deal on, and won’t + budge till I do it at six to one; and I’m sure I’ll bring him to + that. I think he’ll rise quickly, as he wants so little training, + and as his qualities must be at once known now he’s in Scott’s + stables; so if you mean to put any more on you had better do it at + once. + + “So much for the stables. I left the other two at home, but have + one of my own string here, as maybe I’ll pick up a match: and + now I wish to let you know a report that I heard this morning—at + least a secret, which bids fair to become a report. It is said + that Kilcullen is to marry F–––– W––––, and that he has already + paid Heaven only knows how many thousand pounds of debt with + her money; that the old earl has arranged it all, and that the + beautiful heiress has reluctantly agreed to be made a viscountess. + I’m very far from saying that I believe this; but it may suit you + to know that I heard the arrangement mentioned before two other + persons, one of whom was Morris;—strange enough this, as he was + one of the set at Handicap Lodge when you told them that the + match with yourself was still on. I have no doubt the plan would + suit father and son; you best know how far the lady may have been + likely to accede. At any rate, my dear Frank, if you’ll take my + advice, you’ll not sit quiet till she does marry some one. You + can’t expect she’ll wear the willow for you very long, if you do + nothing yourself. Write to her by post, and write to the earl by + the same post, saying you have done so. Tell her in the sweetest + way you can, that you cannot live without seeing her, and getting + your _congé_ [39], if _congé_ it is to be, from her own dear lips; + and tell him, in as few words, as you please, that you mean to do + yourself the honour of knocking at his door on such and such a + day—and do it. + + “By the bye, Kilcullen certainly returns to Ireland immediately. + There’s been the devil’s own smash among him and the Jews. He has + certainly been dividing money among them; but not near enough, by + all accounts, to satisfy the half of them. For the sake of your + reputation, if not of your pocket, don’t let him walk off with the + hundred and thirty thousand pounds. They say it’s not a penny less. + + “Very faithfully yours, + “W. BLAKE. + + “Shall I do anything for you here about Brien? I think I might + still get you eleven to one, but let me hear at once.” As Frank read the first portion of this epistle, his affection for his @@ -11911,7 +11879,7 @@ Sophy. better please yourselves.” “Oh, but you must know what she likes,” continued Guss; “I’m for this,” -and she, displayed a pattern showing forth two gorgeous macaws—each +and she displayed a pattern showing forth two gorgeous macaws—each with plumage of the brightest colours. “The colours are so bright, and the feathers will work in so well.” @@ -12003,7 +11971,7 @@ Lord Ballindine. Whoever called at the rectory, and at whatever hour the visit might be made, poor Mrs Armstrong was sure to apologise for the confusion in which she was found. She had always just got rid of a servant, and could not get another that suited her; or there was some -other commonplace reason for her being discovered _en déshabille_ +other commonplace reason for her being discovered _en déshabille_ [40]. However, she managed to talk to Frank for a minute or two with tolerable volubility, till her eyes happening to dwell on her own hands, which were certainly not as white as a lady’s should be, she @@ -12255,7 +12223,7 @@ but there’s no knowing.” “Is she still so bad, Martin?” -“Worse than iver, a dale worse; I don’t think It’ll last long, now: +“Worse than iver, a dale worse; I don’t think it’ll last long, now: another bout such as this last ’ll about finish it. But I won’t keep your lordship. I’ve managed about the money;”—and the necessary writing was gone through, and the cash was handed to Lord Ballindine. @@ -12393,7 +12361,7 @@ no sparkle of love, even though of a degraded kind; no hesitation in the will for crime, which might yet, by God’s grace, lead to its eschewal: all there was black, foul, and deadly, ready for the devil’s deadliest work. Murder crouched there, ready to spring, yet -afraid;—cowardly, but too thirsty alter blood to heed its own fears. +afraid;—cowardly, but too thirsty after blood to heed its own fears. Theft,—low, pilfering, pettifogging, theft; avarice, lust, and impotent, scalding hatred. Controlled by these the black blood rushed quick to and from his heart, filling him with sensual desires below the @@ -12571,7 +12539,7 @@ in your own hands, have you?” much: if there’s a thing I hate, it’s farming.” “Well, upon my word you’re wrong. I don’t see what else a gentleman has -to do in the country. I wish to goodness I could give up the gallipots +to do in the country. I wish to goodness I could give up the gallipots [41] and farm a few acres of my own land. There’s nothing I wish so much as to get a bit of land: indeed, I’ve been looking out for it, but it’s so difficult to get.” @@ -12587,7 +12555,7 @@ him the usual pluck; it had not given him the feeling of reckless assurance, which he mistook for courage and capacity. “If you’ve a mind to be a tenant of mine, Colligan, I’ll keep a look -out for you. The land’s crowded now, but there’s a lot of them cottier +out for you. The land’s crowded now, but there’s a lot of them cottier [42] devils I mean to send to the right about. They do the estate no good, and I hate the sight of them. But you know how the property’s placed, and while Anty’s in this wretched state, of course I can do @@ -12768,7 +12736,7 @@ furtive glance at the doctor, and saw that he was really anxious on the subject—that his attention was fixed. “The figure,” said he; “the figure should not trouble you if you had no -one but me to deal, with. But there’ll be Anty, confound her, putting +one but me to deal with. But there’ll be Anty, confound her, putting her fist into this and every other plan of mine!” “I’d better deal with the agent, I’m thinking,” said Colligan; “so, @@ -12808,7 +12776,7 @@ dead long since: leave her to herself a little, and the farm’s your own; and I’m sure there’ll ’ve been nothing at all like murder between us.” -“By Heavens, he does!”—and Colligan rose quickly from his seat “he +“By Heavens, he does!”—and Colligan rose quickly from his seat—“he means to have her murdered, and thinks to make me do the deed! Why, you vile, thieving, murdering reptile!” and as he spoke the doctor seized him by the throat, and shook him violently in his strong grasp—“who @@ -12866,7 +12834,7 @@ indeed, rendered it even much more necessary in the earl’s eyes than it had appeared to be when he first contemplated this scheme for releasing himself from his son’s pecuniary difficulties. He had, as the reader will remember, advanced a very large sum of money to Lord Kilcullen, to -be repaid out of Fanny Wyndham’s fortune, This money Lord Kilcullen had +be repaid out of Fanny Wyndham’s fortune. This money Lord Kilcullen had certainly appropriated in the manner intended by his father, but it had anything but the effect of quieting the creditors. The payments were sufficiently large to make the whole hungry crew hear that his lordship @@ -13126,7 +13094,7 @@ Fanny, why don’t you do something?—why don’t you occupy yourself? You’ve given up your work; you’ve given up your music; you’ve given up everything in the shape of reading; how long, Fanny, will you go on in this sad manner?” Lady Selina paused, but, as Fanny did not immediately -reply, she continued her speech “I’ve begged you to go on with your +reply, she continued her speech—“I’ve begged you to go on with your reading, because nothing but mental employment will restore your mind to its proper tone. I’m sure I’ve brought you the second volume of Gibbon twenty times, but I don’t believe you’ve read a chapter this @@ -14665,7 +14633,7 @@ little pull just above her bustle. themselves, and they’re so much smarter.” “Why, yes, they are smarter,” said Matilda; “and there’s nothing on -earth so dowdy as an old black coat, But, then, officers are always +earth so dowdy as an old black coat. But, then, officers are always going away: you no sooner get to know one or two of a set, and to feel that one of them is really a darling fellow, but there, they are off—to Jamaica, China, Hounslow barracks, or somewhere; and then it’s all to @@ -15394,7 +15362,7 @@ when he stopped rather abruptly, and said, “I also am leaving Grey Abbey again, Fanny.” “Leaving Grey Abbey?” said Fanny. “You told me the other day you were -going to live here,” +going to live here.” “So I intended; so I do intend; but still I must leave it for a while. I’m going about business, and I don’t know how long I may be away. I go @@ -15482,7 +15450,7 @@ continued, “I will no longer continue to live such a life as I have done—miserable to myself, and the cause of misery to others. Adolphus,—I love Lord Ballindine. I love him with, I believe, as true and devoted a love as woman ever felt for a man. I valued, appreciated, -gloried in your friendship; but I can never return your, love. My heart +gloried in your friendship; but I can never return your love. My heart is wholly, utterly, given away; and I would not for worlds receive it back, till I learn from his own mouth that he has ceased to love me.” @@ -15516,7 +15484,7 @@ stood for some time irresolute what to say or do. “Let us go back to the house, then.” “As you like, Fanny. Oh, how painful all this is! how doubly painful to -know that ray own love is hopeless, and that yours is no less so. Did +know that my own love is hopeless, and that yours is no less so. Did you not refuse Lord Ballindine?” “If I did, is it not sufficient that I tell you I love him? If he were @@ -15735,7 +15703,7 @@ he had coaxed over his son, he had spent an immensity of money, he had undergone worlds of trouble and self-restraint;—and then, when he really began to think that his ward’s fortune would compensate him for this, his own family came to him, one after another, to assure him that -he was completely mistaken—that it was utterly impossible that such a +he was completely mistaken—that it was utterly impossible—that such a thing as a family marriage between the two cousins could never take place, and indeed, ought not to be thought of. @@ -16360,7 +16328,7 @@ his doing so. First of all, the black cloth was to be purchased, and a tailor, sufficiently adept for making up the new suit, was to be caught. This was a work of some time; for though there is in the West of Ireland a very general complaint of the stagnation of trade, trade -itself is never so stagnant as are the tradesmen, when work, is to be +itself is never so stagnant as are the tradesmen, when work is to be done; and it is useless for a poor wight to think of getting his coat or his boots, till such time as absolute want shall have driven the artisan to look for the price of his job—unless some private and @@ -16376,63 +16344,62 @@ departure was again retarded. And then, on the next Sunday, the neighbouring parson could not leave his own policemen, and the two spinsters, who usually formed his audience. -All this tormented Lord Ballindine. and he was really thinking of +All this tormented Lord Ballindine, and he was really thinking of giving up the idea of sending Mr Armstrong altogether, when he received the following letter from his friend Dot Blake. -Limmer’s Hotel. April, 1847. -Dear Frank, - One cries out, “what are you at?” the other, “what are you after?” - Every one is saying what a fool you are! Kilcullen is at Grey - Abbey, with the evident intention of superseding you in possession - of Miss W––––, and, what is much more to his taste, as it would be - to mine, of her fortune. Mr T. has written to me _from Grey - Abbey_, where he has been staying: he is a good-hearted fellow, - and remembers how warmly you contradicted the report that your - match was broken off. For heaven’s sake, follow up your warmth of - denial with some show of positive action, a little less cool than - your present quiescence, or you cannot expect that any amount of - love should be strong enough to prevent your affianced from - resenting your conduct. I am doubly anxious; quite as anxious that - Kilcullen, whom I detest, should not get young Wyndham’s money, as - I am that you should. He is utterly, _utterly_ smashed. If he got - double the amount of Fanny Wyndham’s cash, it could not keep him - above water for more than a year or so; and then she must go down - with him. I am sure the old fool, his father, does not half know - the amount of his son’s liabilities, or he could not be heartless - enough to consent to sacrifice the poor girl as she will be - sacrificed, if Kilcullen gets her. I am not usually very anxious - about other people’s concerns; but I do feel anxious about this - matter. I want to have a respectable house in the country, in - which I can show my face when I grow a little older, and be - allowed to sip my glass of claret, and talk about my horses, in - spite of my iniquitous propensities—and I expect to be allowed to - do so at Kelly’s Court. But, if you let Miss Wyndham slip through - your fingers, you won’t have a house over your head in a few - years’ time, much less a shelter to offer a friend. For God’s - sake, start for Grey Abbey at once. Why, man alive, the ogre can’t - eat you! - The whole town is in the devil of a ferment about Brien. Of course - you heard the rumour, last week, of his heels being cracked? Some - of the knowing boys want to get out of the trap they are in; and, - despairing of bringing the horse down in the betting by fair - means, got a boy out of Scott’s stables to swear to the fact. I - went down at once to Yorkshire, and published a letter in _Bell’s - Life_ last Saturday, stating that he is all right. This you have - probably seen. You will be astonished to hear it, but I believe - Lord Tattenham Corner got the report spread. For heaven’s sake - don’t mention this, particularly not as coming from me. They say - that if Brien does the trick, he will lose more than he has made - these three years, and I believe he will. He is nominally at 4 to - 1; but you can’t get 4 to anything like a figure from a safe - party. - For heaven’s sake go to Grey Abbey, and at once. - Always - faithfully, - W. - BLAK - E. - + “Limmer’s Hotel. April, 1847. + + “Dear Frank, + + “One cries out, “what are you at?” the other, “what are you after?” + Every one is saying what a fool you are! Kilcullen is at Grey + Abbey, with the evident intention of superseding you in possession + of Miss W––––, and, what is much more to his taste, as it would + be to mine, of her fortune. Mr T. has written to me _from Grey + Abbey_, where he has been staying: he is a good-hearted fellow, and + remembers how warmly you contradicted the report that your match + was broken off. For heaven’s sake, follow up your warmth of denial + with some show of positive action, a little less cool than your + present quiescence, or you cannot expect that any amount of love + should be strong enough to prevent your affianced from resenting + your conduct. I am doubly anxious; quite as anxious that Kilcullen, + whom I detest, should not get young Wyndham’s money, as I am that + you should. He is utterly, _utterly_ smashed. If he got double the + amount of Fanny Wyndham’s cash, it could not keep him above water + for more than a year or so; and then she must go down with him. I + am sure the old fool, his father, does not half know the amount + of his son’s liabilities, or he could not be heartless enough to + consent to sacrifice the poor girl as she will be sacrificed, if + Kilcullen gets her. I am not usually very anxious about other + people’s concerns; but I do feel anxious about this matter. I want + to have a respectable house in the country, in which I can show my + face when I grow a little older, and be allowed to sip my glass + of claret, and talk about my horses, in spite of my iniquitous + propensities—and I expect to be allowed to do so at Kelly’s Court. + But, if you let Miss Wyndham slip through your fingers, you won’t + have a house over your head in a few years’ time, much less a + shelter to offer a friend. For God’s sake, start for Grey Abbey at + once. Why, man alive, the ogre can’t eat you! + + “The whole town is in the devil of a ferment about Brien. Of course + you heard the rumour, last week, of his heels being cracked? Some + of the knowing boys want to get out of the trap they are in; and, + despairing of bringing the horse down in the betting by fair means, + got a boy out of Scott’s stables to swear to the fact. I went down + at once to Yorkshire, and published a letter in _Bell’s Life_ last + Saturday, stating that he is all right. This you have probably + seen. You will be astonished to hear it, but I believe Lord + Tattenham Corner got the report spread. For heaven’s sake don’t + mention this, particularly not as coming from me. They say that + if Brien does the trick, he will lose more than he has made these + three years, and I believe he will. He is nominally at 4 to 1; but + you can’t get 4 to anything like a figure from a safe party. + + “For heaven’s sake go to Grey Abbey, and at once. + + “Always faithfully, + “W. BLAKE.” This letter naturally increased Lord Ballindine’s uneasiness, and he wrote a note to Mr Armstrong, informing him that he would not trouble @@ -16766,7 +16733,7 @@ come about.” determined we are—in fact, the rougher we are with him, the more likely we are to bring him on his knees. I tell you, you must have no scruples in dealing with such a fellow; but leave him to me;” and so saying, the -parson gave a thundering rap at the hail door, and in about one minute +parson gave a thundering rap at the hall door, and in about one minute repeated it, which brought Biddy running to the door without shoes or stockings, with her hair streaming behind her head, and, in her hand, the comb with which she had been disentangling it. @@ -17702,7 +17669,7 @@ part would be an intrusion.” harshness of the language, but the certainty of the fact, that has destroyed my friend’s happiness. If such were to be the case—if it were absolutely necessary that the engagement between you and Lord -Ballindine should be broken off, the more decided the manner in which +Ballindine should be broken off the more decided the manner in which it were done, the better. Lord Ballindine now wishes—I am a bad messenger in such a case as this, Miss Wyndham: it is, perhaps, better to tell you at once a plain tale. Frank has desired me to tell you that @@ -17982,7 +17949,7 @@ but the rector, his wife, and their daughters, entered the dining-room punctually at half-past six. The character and feelings of Mr O’Joscelyn were exactly those which -the earl had attributed to Mr Armstrong. He had been an Orangeman +the earl had attributed to Mr Armstrong. He had been an Orangeman [52], and was a most ultra and even furious Protestant. He was, by principle, a charitable man to his neighbours; but he hated popery, and he carried the feeling to such a length, that he almost hated Papists. @@ -18093,7 +18060,7 @@ not very orthodox; or, perhaps, that it was useless to enlarge on the abominations of Babylon to a Protestant peer and a Protestant parson; but, on this occasion, he occupied himself with the temporal iniquities of the Roman Catholics. The trial of O’Connell and his fellow-prisoners -had come to an end, and he and they, with one exception, had just. +had come to an end, and he and they, with one exception, had just commenced their period of imprisonment. The one exception was a clergyman, who had been acquitted. He had in some way been connected with Mr O’Joscelyn’s parish; and, as the parish priest and most of his @@ -18298,7 +18265,7 @@ to matrimony and a fortune. But I don’t know anything which would induce me to stay a week at Grey Abbey. The earl is bad—nearly unbearable; but the parson!—I’d sooner by half be a Roman myself, than think so badly of my neighbours as he does. Many a time since has he -told in Connaught, how Mr O’Joscelyn. and Mary, his wife, sat up two +told in Connaught, how Mr O’Joscelyn and Mary, his wife, sat up two nights running, armed to the teeth, to protect themselves from the noisy Repealers of Kilcullen. @@ -18537,7 +18504,7 @@ other animal than a post-horse, and by him only at his arrival at the end of a stage. Then the steps were let down with a crash—she would not go to the window, or she might have seen him; she longed to do so, but it appeared so undignified. She sat quite still in her chair; but she -heard his quick step at the hail door; she was sure—she could have +heard his quick step at the hall door; she was sure—she could have sworn to his step—and then she heard the untying of cords, and pulling down of luggage. Lord Ballindine was again in the house, and the dearest wish of her heart was accomplished. @@ -18741,39 +18708,38 @@ The second letter was written by Dot, at Epsom, on the 4th of May, thirty minutes after the great race had been run. It was very short; and shall therefore be given entire. -Epsom, Derby Day, -Race just over. - God bless you, my dear boy—Brien has done the trick, and done it - well! Butler rode him beautifully, but he did not want any riding; - he’s the kindest beast ever had a saddle on. The stakes are close - on four thousand pounds: your share will do well to pay the - posters, &c., for yourself and my lady, on your wedding trip. I - win well—very well; but I doubt the settling. We shall have awful - faces at the corner next week. You’ll probably have heard all - about it by express before you get this. - In greatest - haste, yours, - W. - BLAK - E. + “Epsom, Derby Day, + “Race just over. + + “God bless you, my dear boy—Brien has done the trick, and done + it well! Butler rode him beautifully, but he did not want any + riding; he’s the kindest beast ever had a saddle on. The stakes are + close on four thousand pounds: your share will do well to pay the + posters, &c., for yourself and my lady, on your wedding trip. I win + well—very well; but I doubt the settling. We shall have awful faces + at the corner next week. You’ll probably have heard all about it by + express before you get this. + + “In greatest haste, yours, + “W. BLAKE.” The next week, the following paragraph appeared in “Bell’s Life in London.” - It never rains but it pours. It appears pretty certain, now, that - Brien Boru is not the property of the gentleman in whose name he - has run; but that he is owned by a certain noble lord, well known - on the Irish turf, who has lately, however, been devoting his time - to pursuits more pleasant and more profitable than the cares of - the stable—pleasant and profitable as it doubtless must be to win - the best race of the year. The pick-up on the Derby is about four - thousand pounds, and Brien Boru is certainly the best horse of his - year. But Lord Ballindine’s matrimonial pick-up is, we are told, a - clear quarter of a million; and those who are good judges declare - that no more beautiful woman than the future Lady Ballindine will - have graced the English Court for many a long year. His lordship, - on the whole, is not doing badly. + “It never rains but it pours. It appears pretty certain, now, that + Brien Boru is not the property of the gentleman in whose name he + has run; but that he is owned by a certain noble lord, well known + on the Irish turf, who has lately, however, been devoting his time + to pursuits more pleasant and more profitable than the cares of + the stable—pleasant and profitable as it doubtless must be to win + the best race of the year. The pick-up on the Derby is about four + thousand pounds, and Brien Boru is certainly the best horse of his + year. But Lord Ballindine’s matrimonial pick-up is, we are told, a + clear quarter of a million; and those who are good judges declare + that no more beautiful woman than the future Lady Ballindine will + have graced the English Court for many a long year. His lordship, + on the whole, is not doing badly.” Lord Cashel, also, congratulated Frank on his success on the turf, in @@ -18979,7 +18945,7 @@ But, though neither the widow nor Martin triumphed aloud at their worldly prosperity, the two girls made up for their quiescence. They were full of nothing else; their brother’s fine house—Anty’s great fortune; their wealth, prosperity, and future station and happiness, -gave them subjects of delightful conversation among their friends. Meg. +gave them subjects of delightful conversation among their friends. Meg, moreover, boasted that it was all her own doing; that it was she who had made up the match; that Martin would never have thought of it but for her,—nor Anty either, for the matter of that. @@ -19127,7 +19093,7 @@ _traversers_—Trollope repeatedly refers to the defendants as “traversers.” The term probably comes from the legal term “to traverse,” which is to deny the charges against one in a common law proceeding. Thus, the traversers would have been those who pled -innocent.] (return) +innocent. (return) Footnote 5: @@ -19285,7 +19251,7 @@ farms, fields, bogs, etc (return) Footnote 36: -_whipper_—an officer of the hunt whose duty was to help the hunstman +_whipper_—an officer of the hunt whose duty was to help the huntsman control the hounds (return) Footnote 37: @@ -19388,352 +19354,4 @@ the second coming. 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