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The dead body of Harpur in the meantime had been removed by his companions, who it was evident felt as much, if not more bitterness at their own defeat, than they did by the fatal accident which deprived him of life. Scarcely had the wild triumph of O'Regan's wife time to subside, when it soon became evident that the tragical incidents of this bitter and melancholy morning were not yet completed.
Every step he took was strictly and perfectly legal, and the consequence was, that he had that strong argument, "I am supporthed by the, laws of the land," to enable him to trample upon all the principles of humanity and justice to gratify political rancor, personal hatred, to oppress, persecute, and ruin. Removal, however, in Torley O'Regan's case, would have been instant death.
This was upon Christmas eve a day of "joy and festivity!" At length they reached O'Regan's,and it is not our intention to describe the occurrence at any length. It could not be done. O'Regan clasped his hands, so did his wife; they knelt they wept they supplicated. They stated the nature of his malady decline from having ruptured a blood-vessel.
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