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For 300 roubles a month, O'Donahue had procured a drosky, very handsomely fitted up; the shaft horse was a splendid trotter, and the other, a beautiful-shaped animal, capered about curving his neck, until his nose almost touched his knee, and prancing, so as to be the admiration of the passers-by.
The widow was rich, and had often been pressed to renew her bonds, but had preferred her liberty. O'Donahue, therefore, was looked upon as a fortunate man, and congratulated upon his success. Nor did the widow deny the projected union, except in a manner so as to induce people to believe in the certainty of its being arranged.
"That's the truth, Mr Trevor; so now with many thanks, we will take our leave, and call upon you to-morrow." McShane and O'Donahue then proceeded to the gaol, and demanded permission to see our hero. "There are two ladies with him, just now," said the gaoler; "they have been there these three hours, so I suppose they will not be much longer." "We will wait, then," replied O'Donahue.
The next day, about the same time, McShane came to see his friend, and found O'Donahue dressed, and ready to go out with him. "Now, O'Donahue, you mustn't be in such a hurry to see Mrs McShane, for I have something to tell you which will make her look more pretty in your eyes than she otherwise might have done upon first introduction.
"Well, it appears to me that we had better be off to Exeter directly," replied O'Donahue. "Yes, and see him," rejoined the major. "Before I saw him, McShane, I would call upon the lawyer who defended him, and tell him what you know about the father, and what our suspicions, I may say, convictions, are. He would then tell us how to proceed, so as to procure his pardon, perhaps."
"You are aware, Captain O'Donahue," said the countess one day, "that there will be a great difficulty to overcome in this affair. The princess is a sort of ward of the emperor's, and it is said that he has already, in his own mind, disposed of her hand." "I am aware of that," replied O'Donahue; "and I know no other means than running away with her."
O'Donahue was most graciously received, the emperor walking up to him, as he stood in the circle, and inquiring after the health of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, what service he had been employed upon, etcetera. He then told O'Donahue that the Empress would be most glad to make his acquaintance, and hoped that he would make a long stay at Saint Petersburg.
Now you see, O'Donahue, I have done this from principle.
"To be sure I do your best soldier, and a famous caterer he was at all times." "It is his son." "And, now I think of it, he's very like him, only somewhat better-looking." O'Donahue then acquainted McShane with the circumstances attending his meeting with Joey, and they separated.
Come what will, in one thing I am determined that if I marry a girl for money, I will treat her well, and not let her find it out; and as that may add to the difficulty of a man's position when he is not in love with his wife, why, all I can say is, Captain O'Donahue doesn't go cheap that's decided." "You're right, my jewel; there's not such a broth of a boy to be picked up every day in the week.
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