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The lord and the parson talked the matter over till they reached Dunmore, and agreed that they would go, with Colligan, to Barry Lynch; tell him of the charge which was brought against him, and give him his option of standing his trial, or of leaving the country, under a written promise that he would never return to it.
"It's a most infernal lie!" said Barry. "Where's your evidence? where's your evidence? What's the good of your all coming here with such a story as that? Where's your evidence?" "You'd better be quiet, Mr Lynch, or we'll adjourn at once from here to the open Court-house." "Adjourn when you like; it's all one to me. Who'll believe such a drunken ruffian as that Colligan, I'd like to know?
From day to day, and sometimes two or three times a day, he had seen Dr Colligan, and inquired how things were going on: he had especially enjoined that worthy man to come up after his morning call at the inn, and get a glass of sherry at Dunmore House; and the doctor had very generally done so.
"Will you dine with me to-day, Colligan? I'm so down in the mouth, so deucedly hipped, it will be a charity." "Well," said Colligan, "I don't care if I do. I must go down to your sister in the evening, and I shall be near her here." "Yes, of course; you'll be near her here, as you say: come at six, then. By the bye, couldn't you go to Anty first, so that we won't be disturbed over our punch?"
"Well, it's getting late," said Colligan, "and I don't think I'll be coming back to-night." "Oh, but you will; indeed, you must. You promised you would, you know, and I want to hear how she goes on." "Well, I'll just come up, but I won't stay, for I promised Mrs Colligan to be home early." This was always the doctor's excuse when he wished to get away.
But to give him his due, on these subjects he was not ignorant; and this was now so generally known that, in dangerous cases, Doctor Colligan had been sent for, many, many miles. This was the man who attended poor Anty in her illness, and he did as much for her as could be done; but it was a bad case, and Doctor Colligan thought it would be fatal.
This was another subject on which he felt himself equally unwilling to speak; he could not advise her not to make one; and he certainly would not advise her to do so. "Your will, Anty? there's time enough for that; you'll be sthronger you know, in a day or two. Doctor Colligan says so and then we'll talk about it."
"He did, then," said Barry; "he must have done so. As I hope for heaven, Lord Ballindine, I never had the idea of getting him to to do anything to Anty. I wouldn't have done it for worlds indeed I wouldn't. There must be some mistake, indeed there must. He'd been drinking, Mr Armstrong drinking a good deal that night isn't that true, Doctor Colligan?
"My lord," said Colligan, "it's particularly important, and if you could, as a magistrate, spare me five minutes." "Oh, certainly, Mr Colligan," said Frank; "that is, I'm rather hurried I may say very much hurried just at present. But still I suppose there's no objection to Mr Armstrong hearing what you have to say?" "Why, my lord," said Colligan, "I don't know.
"I must see her the last thing, about nine, but I can look up again afterwards, for a minute or so. I don't stay long with her now: it's better not." "Well, then, you'll be here at six?" "Yes, six sharp;" and at last the doctor got up and went away. It was odd that Doctor Colligan should have sat thus long; it showed a great want of character and of good feeling in him.
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