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Updated: May 13, 2025
Tim O'Daly was an under-gamekeeper upon Lord Powerscourt's estate, and lived in a nice comfortable cottage, near the Dargle. He had a tidy, thrifty, good-tempered wife, and half a dozen fine, hearty boys and girls the eldest nearly young men and women. Tim, himself, was honest and industrious, and very much trusted by his master, and yet he was not a happy man.
During the week that followed the whole countryside had no more interesting subject of conversation than the coming of the rich cousin to "make a lady" of Christian Logan. Christian certainly deserved any good fortune that might fall to her. She was the young widow of an under-gamekeeper at Taskerton, an estate in our neighborhood.
'Went down upon her knees to beseech him to remain, and let her roast beef be food for him, not himself be food for powder, said Rupert, 'never considering how glad the parish would be to get rid of him. 'No, said Helen, 'her powder became food for him; she made him under-gamekeeper. 'Excellent, Helen, you shine to-night, cried Elizabeth; 'such a bit of wit never was heard from you before.
And who's going to pay any heed to William Roper?" "William Roper? Who is William Roper? What kind of a man is he?" said Olivia quickly. "He's an under-gamekeeper, m'lady, and the biggest little beast on the estate. Everybody hates William Roper," said Elizabeth with conviction. This was satisfactory as far as it went.
Waife had gone away, saying he should shortly return with the requisite testimonial. In fact, poor man, as we know, he was then counting on a good word from Mr. Hartopp. He had not, however, returned for some months. The cottage, having been meanwhile wanted for the temporary occupation of an under-gamekeeper, while his own was under repair, fortunately remained unlet.
"Holden, the gardener, has just come back from that village and says that Mr. Leithcourt's under-gamekeeper as he was going home at five this morning came upon a dead body." "A dead body!" I exclaimed, feigning great surprise. "Yes, sir a youngish man. He'd been stabbed to the heart." "A man!" "Yes, sir so Holden says." "Call Holden. I'd like to know all he's heard," I said.
My alarm was greatly increased by the arrival in the interval of poor Bill, the under-gamekeeper, very much injured. Seeing that he was determined to intercept their retreat, the three men had set upon him, wrested his gun, which exploded in the struggle, from him, and beat him savagely.
But William Roper saw in that kiss his royal road to Fortune. Ambitious in the grain, he was not content with his post of under-gamekeeper; he desired to oust William Hutchings from the post of head-gamekeeper, and though there were two under-gamekeepers senior to him with a greater claim on that post, occupy it himself.
The shadow of Sir Massingberd cast itself over him alike when he went out from his hated presence and when he returned to it. Soon after my first meeting with Marmaduke, Sir Massingberd unexpectedly appeared before me. He was a man of Herculean proportions, dressed like an under-gamekeeper, but with the face of one who was used to command.
"I can sail a boat, swim, ride, or drive a horse, and I can shoot straight; consequently if I possessed sufficient influence I might be able to get a job as groom, stableman, or even under-gamekeeper.
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