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Updated: April 30, 2025
There will always be a sort of ticket-of-leave flavour about me, said Leonard, speaking simply, straight-forwardly, but without dejection; 'and I might be doubtful material for a mission. 'Your brother put that in your head. 'He implied that my case half known would be a discredit to him, and I am prepared for others thinking so.
O'Ryan lives in Ulster, where people do not shoot their neighbours for difference of political opinion. He said more: "We loyal Catholics could never submit to Mr. Gladstone's ticket-of-leave men placed in power over us in this country, and rather than submit to them we are prepared for the worst, and ready, if need be, to die with the words, 'No surrender, on our lips."
People are so frightfully solemn when they have made a name, that it is like doing a term of hard labour to be with them for five minutes. Stupidity gives you a ticket-of-leave, and sheer foolish ignorance is complete emancipation, without even police supervision." "I suppose it is always difficult not to take oneself seriously." "I do not find it so.
The instant, however, you went ashore, Chater, Woodroffe whom you called Hornby and Mackintosh, the captain who, by the way, was an old ticket-of-leave man went ashore, and, of course, broke into the Consulate. Then, as soon as they returned, Elma came to my cabin, awoke me, and said that the Baron was taking her ashore, and that they were to travel overland back to London.
The brother went to jail, got out years afterwards on ticket-of-leave, and then died also. The rest of the gang were put in jail, but I can't say what became of them." Cuthbert shrugged his shoulders. "This does not help us much." "No. But it shows you what an escape your uncle had from marrying the woman. I can't understand "
He's done nearly twelve, and he's coming out next month on ticket-of-leave." "Oh, Cynthia!" Babbacombe bent his head suddenly upon her hand, and sat tense and silent. "I know," she said "I know. It sounds simply monstrous, put into bald words. I sometimes wonder myself if it can possibly be true if I, Cynthia Mortimer, can really be such a fool.
The Luie episode, terminating in the identification of that infamous witness as an habitual criminal and convict named Lundgren, only recently released on a ticket-of-leave, together with the complete disproof of his elaborate "Osprey" story, is familiar to the public.
"Are you out of your senses?" said he; "this man here is no Hazel. Why, this is James Seaton our gardener a ticket-of-leave man." AT this fearful insult Helen drew back from her father with a cry of dismay, and then moved toward Hazel with her hands extended, as if to guard him from another blow, and at the same time deprecate his resentment.
The introduction of the ticket-of-leave and the parole systems, and the earning of time by good behavior were philanthropic suggestions and promising experiments which have not been justified by the results.
I had no plans, beyond a sensible unwillingness to let my rascal escape; and I ended by going to the same inn with him, dining with him, walking with him in the wet streets, and hearing with him in a penny gaff that venerable piece, The Ticket-of-Leave Man.
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