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But Madam Macnamara was charmed, and the autograph remained afterwards for two generations among the archives of the family; and, with great smiles and much complacency, she told Lord Carrick-o'-Gunniol all about it, just outside the grand jury-room, where she met him during the assize week; and, being a man of a weak and considerate nature, rather kind, and very courteous although his smile was very near exploding into a laugh, as he gave the good lady snuff out of his own box he was yet very much concerned and vexed, and asked his lady, when he went home, how she could have induced old Mrs.
'By Jove, Sir, it is quite true, Lady Carrick-o'-Gunniol was her godmother: and Toole ran off into the story of how that relationship was brought about; narrating it, however, with great caution and mildness, extracting all the satire, and giving it quite a dignified and creditable character, for the Lieutenant Fireworker smelt so confoundedly of powder that the little doctor, though he never flinched when occasion demanded, did not care to give him an open.
'It was her noble godmother, when the family resided at Castlemara, in the county of Roscommon, the Lady Carrick-o'-Gunniol, who conferred it, said O'Flaherty, grandly, 'upon her god-daughter, as who had a better right I say, who had a better right? and he smote his hand upon the table, and looked round inviting contradiction.
Young Lady Carrick-o'-Gunniol was a bit of a wag, and was planting a magnolia one of the first of those botanical rarities seen in Ireland when good-natured, vapouring, vulgar Mrs. Macnamara's note, who wished to secure a peeress for her daughter's spiritual guardian, arrived. Her ladyship pencilled on the back of the note, 'Pray call the dear babe Magnolia, and forthwith forgot all about it.
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