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Nor he wasn't mentioned from first to last till the letter I got the day." He turned to the safe beside him and drew out a bundle of papers held together by an elastic band. "That's the whole of the correspondence," he said, "and there's the last of it." He handed a letter to Lord Dunseverick, who read it through carefully.
"I don't call myself that," said Lord Dunseverick. "As a matter of fact, my rank is not officially recognized, in England, I mean." "Ah, but here we recognize it I assure you, general, we regard the Ulster Volunteers as a properly constituted military force." McMunn had been groping in a locker behind him. He interrupted Von Edelstein by setting a basket on the table. "Beer," he said.
For a minute or two there was no response. Lord Dunseverick brushed some of the mud, now partially dry, off his trousers, and lit a fresh cigarette. The ground glass window was opened, and a redhaired clerk looked out. "I want to see Mr. McMunn," said Lord Dunseverick, "Mr. Andrew McMunn." The clerk put his head and shoulders out through the window, and surveyed Lord Dunseverick suspiciously.
"We sail to-night, anyway," said Lord Dunseverick. "Ay, we do. I tell't Ginty. He's the captain of The McMunn Brothers, and a good man." "I've met him. In fact " "If you've met Ginty you've met a man who knows his business, though I wish he'd give over drinking whisky. However, he's a strong Protestant and a sound man, and you can't expect perfection." "Capital!" said Lord Dunseverick.
The ruler of Ulster was also forbidden to indulge in such superstitious practices as observing omens of birds, or drinking of a certain fountain "between two darknesses;" his prerogatives were presiding at the games of Cooley, "with the assembly of the fleet;" the right of mustering his border army in the plains of Louth; free quarters in Armagh for three nights for his troops before setting out on an expedition; and to confine his hostages in Dunseverick, a strong fortress near the Giant's Causeway.
Lord Dunseverick took his cigarette out of his mouth, but he did not throw it away. He held it between his fingers. "Just tell Mr. McMunn," he said, "that Lord Dunseverick is here." The clerk's manner altered suddenly. He drew himself up, squared his shoulders, and saluted.
When the word is given, and some batteries of our artillery land in Belfast to support your excellent infantry " "What's that?" said Ginty. "And a regiment of Prussian Guards " "There'll be no Prussians in Belfast," said Ginty, "for we'll not have it." "I am afraid," said Lord Dunseverick, "that you've got some wrong idea into your head." "But," said Von Edelstein, "you cannot fight alone.
Von Edelstein bowed, and held out his hand. "I prefer," he said, "my military title, Captain von Edelstein. I believe that Lord Dunseverick also has a military title. Should I say colonel?" "As a matter of fact," said Lord Dunseverick, "I'm not in the Army." "I understand," said Von Edelstein. "You are in the Volunteers, the Ulster Volunteers. But, perhaps I should say general?"
But you'll find out what kind of man he is if you go in through the door forninst you. It's his office, thon's one with the brass plate on the door. My business will keep till you're done with him." Lord Dunseverick pushed open one of a pair of swinging doors, and found himself in a narrow passage. On his right was a ground glass window bearing the word "Inquiries." He tapped at it.
"I haven't ventured on the ghost of a joke since I came into your office!" He looked round him as he spoke, and fixed his eyes at last on the fireproof safe. "Nobody could." "It's no what you've said, it's your lordship's appearance. But it's too late to alter that, I'm thinking." "Not at all," said Lord Dunseverick.
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