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The Registrar looked up, but his spectacles did not appear to help him; the Assistant-Registrar, a tall, languid young man, who wore a carnation in his button-hole, yawned and called for order. The room was lighted by a skylight, and the light fell diffused on the hands and faces; and alternately and in combination the whiskied breath and the carnation's scent assailed the nostrils.
He began life as a clerk in the Ayuntamiento of Alcira; then he became secretary to the municipal judge, then assistant to the city clerk, then assistant-registrar of deeds.
When the declarations were over, Frank asked when he should put the ring on. "Some like to use the ring, some don't; it isn't necessary; all the best people of course do," said the Assistant-Registrar, who had not yawned once since he had heard that Frank's uncle was Lord Mount Rorke.
He was the cleverest and most national of O'Connell's children. Second son to Daniel O'Connell. He served under General Devereux in South America, entered the British Parliament as a Repealer, deserted Repeal, and was appointed Assistant-Registrar of Deeds. The chief political assistant of his father, Daniel O'Connell.
A Dublin trades-union leader of great organising ability, appointed by O'Connell secretary of the Repeal Association. Subsequently Assistant-Registrar of Deeds. One of the Nation staff and one of the few leading Young Irelanders who supported Mitchel on the division in the Confederation in 1848. In the United States he won a foremost position as a political writer.
"Are you the gentleman who's come to be married by special license, sir?" "Yes." "Neither Mr. Southey that is the Registrar nor Mr. Freeman that's the Assistant-Registrar has yet arrived, sir." "It is very extraordinary they should be late. Do they never keep their appointments?" "They rarely arrives before ten, sir." "Before ten! What time is it now?" "Only just ten. I am the regular attendant.
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