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I SHOW MYSELF TO BE A MAN OF SPIRIT.
During this dispute, my cousin Nora did the only thing that a lady, under such circumstances, could do, and fainted in due form.

I was in hot altercation with Mick at the time, or I should have, of course, flown to her assistance, but Captain Fagan (a dry sort of fellow this Fagan was) prevented me, saying, 'I advise you to leave the young lady to herself, Master Redmond, and be sure she will come to.' And so indeed, after a while, she did, which has shown me since that Fagan knew the world pretty well, for many's the lady I've seen in after times recover in a similar manner.

Quin did not offer to help her, you may be sure, for, in the midst of the diversion, caused by her screaming, the faithless bully stole away.
'Which of us is Captain Quin to engage ?' said I to Mick; for it was my first affair, and I was as proud of it as of a suit of laced velvet.

'Is it you or I, Cousin Mick, that is to have the honour of chastising this insolent Englishman ?' And I held out my hand as I spoke, for my heart melted towards my cousin under the triumph of the moment.
But he rejected the proffered offer of friendship.