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Table of Contents

       I THE TRIAL

       II THE TWO HEIRESSES

       III MORRISON'S HOTEL

       IV THE DUNMORE INN

       V A LOVING BROTHER

       VI THE ESCAPE

       VII MR BARRY LYNCH MAKES A MORNING CALL

       VIII MR MARTIN KELLY RETURNS TO DUNMORE

       IX MR DALY, THE ATTORNEY

       X DOT BLAKE'S ADVICE

       XI THE EARL OF CASHEL

       XII FANNY WYNDHAM

       XIII FATHER AND SON

       XIV THE COUNTESS

       XV HANDICAP LODGE

       XVI BRIEN BORU

       XVII MARTIN KELLY'S COURTSHIP

       XVIII AN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN CONNAUGHT

       XIX MR DALY VISITS THE DUNMORE INN

       XX VERY LIBERAL

       XXI LORD BALLINDINE AT HOME

       XXII THE HUNT

       XXIII DOCTOR COLLIGAN

       XXIV ANTY LYNCH'S BED-SIDE; SCENE THE FIRST

       XXV ANTY LYNCH'S BED-SIDE; SCENE THE SECOND

       XXVI LOVE'S AMBASSADOR

       XXVII MR LYNCH'S LAST RESOURCE

       XXVIII FANNY WYNDHAM REBELS

       XXIX THE COUNTESS OF CASHEL IN TROUBLE

       XXX LORD KILCULLEN OBEYS HIS FATHER

       XXXI THE TWO FRIENDS

       XXXII HOW LORD KILCULLEN FARES IN HIS WOOING

       XXXIII LORD KILCULLEN MAKES ANOTHER VISIT TO THE BOOK-ROOM

       XXXIV THE DOCTOR MAKES A CLEAN BREAST OF IT

       XXXV MR LYNCH BIDS FAREWELL TO DUNMORE

       XXXVI MR ARMSTRONG VISITS GREY ABBEY ON A DELICATE MISSION

       XXXVII VENI; VIDI; VICI [51]

       XXXVIII WAIT TILL I TELL YOU

       XXXIX IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS

       XL CONCLUSION

I

       THE TRIAL

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      During the first two months of the year 1844, the greatest possible excitement existed in Dublin respecting the State Trials, in which Mr O'Connell, [1] his son, the Editors of three different repeal newspapers, Tom Steele, the Rev. Mr Tierney—a priest who had taken a somewhat prominent part in the Repeal Movement—and Mr Ray, the Secretary to the Repeal Association, were indicted for conspiracy. Those who only read of the proceedings in papers, which gave them as a mere portion of the news of the day, or learned what was going on in Dublin by chance conversation, can have no idea of the absorbing interest which the whole affair created in Ireland, but more especially in the metropolis. Every one felt strongly, on one side or on the other. Every one had brought the matter home to his own bosom, and looked to the result of the trial with individual interest and suspense.

      Even at this short interval Irishmen can now see how completely they put judgment aside, and allowed feeling and passion to predominate in the matter. Many of the hottest protestants, of the staunchest foes to O'Connell, now believe that his absolute imprisonment was not to be desired, and that whether he were acquitted or convicted, the Government would have sufficiently shown, by instituting his trial, its determination to put down proceedings of which they did not approve. On the other hand, that class of men who then styled themselves Repealers are now aware that the continued imprisonment of their leader—the persecution, as they believed it to be, of