kilmainbam

Updated: May 4, 2025

'It is my cue, said he, 'to be sick and weak, whenever the turnkey comes in, to put him off his guard for they have all orders to watch me strictly; because as how, do you see, I broke out of the jail of Trim; and when they catched me, they took me before his honour the police magistrate, who did all he could to get out of me the way which I made my escape. 'Well, says the magistrate, 'I'll put you in a place where you can't get out till you're sent to 'Botany. 'Plase your worship, says I, 'if there's no offence in saying it, there's no such place in Ireland. 'No such place as what? 'No such place as will hold Michael Dunne. 'What do you think of Kilmainbam? says he.

Maria Edgeworth - Tales and Novels — Volume 09