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During these days everybody was in a hurry, everybody was eager; and there was a common feeling that not a minute was to be lost. There were three ladies in the room, Lady Laura, Miss Fitzgibbon, and Mrs. Bonteen.
At the same time, Mr. Fitzgibbon was appointed Lord Chancellor, a vacancy having opportunely occurred, by the death of Lord Lifford, in the very midst of the prescriptive crisis. This elevation transferred him to the Upper House, where, for the remaining years of the Parliament, he continued to dogmatize and domineer, as he had done in the Commons, often rebuked, but never abashed.
After Nils' chest went aft, we might have been a comfortable family ship so little were we troubled by the afterguard. Lynch, of course, kept his watch busy while it was on deck, but he didn't haze; and Fitzgibbon all but forgot he had a watch. It was a queer rest. It got upon my nerves, this waiting for something I didn't know what to happen. It carried over into the night, this unusual quiet.
O'Shaughnessy, crossed by the direct boat from Dover to Ostend. Phineas went to Ostend by Dover and Calais, but he took the day route on Friday. It had all been arranged among them, so that there might be no suspicion as to the job in hand. Even O'Shaughnessy and Laurence Fitzgibbon had left London by separate trains.
But the bold and domineering spirit of Fitzgibbon the leader of the Castle party, then, and long afterwards did not shrink before even so formidable a phalanx.
Fitzgibbon was surrounded by several other men, and there was no sign of his friend Hartley, so he got up and slipped out, standing hatless, until his eyes grew accustomed to the darkness. The strong lights from the veranda encroached some way into the gloom, and, here and there, a few people still sat around basket tables, enjoying the evening air.
The Old Man and the mate immediately went into conference. They moved over to the rail, and spoke in soft tones, so I overheard nothing they said. A ray of light from the companion hatch fell upon them, and watching them furtively, it seemed to me that Captain Swope was laying down the law to Fitzgibbon, giving him certain orders, to which he at first objected, and then agreed.
The Sheriff of Dublin, a man of the name of O'Reilly, obeyed the requisition; but Fitzgibbon, who, luckily, was now Attorney-general, instantly prosecuted him for abuse of his office. He was convicted, fined, and imprisoned, and his punishment deterred others from following his example.
Mister Fitzgibbon did look ridiculous fumbling blindly with the ropes, and at the same time trying to keep both ends of the foc'sle in sight at once. "I'll lend you one of my hands, Mister," said Newman, suddenly. The mate glanced at him, startled, but before he could open his mouth, Newman stepped past the tradesman and bent over one end of the chest.
"I hadn't heard that." Fitzgibbon laughed. "It's something to be a friend of Mrs. Wilder that is, in Mangadone." They sped on over the level road, and the car swung through the streets that led towards the open space before the temple. "That is the curio dealer's shop. Don't get any of your stuff there. The man's a robber." "Which shop?" asked Coryndon patiently.
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