Then they shook hands, and Fitzgerald rode off towards Hap House.

Lord Desmond pondered over the matter some time, standing alone near the lodge; and then walked slowly back towards the mansion.

He had said that rank was all bosh; and in so saying had at the moment spoken out generously the feelings of his heart.

But that feeling regarded himself rather than his sister; and if properly analyzed would merely have signified that, though proud enough of his own rank, he did not require that his friends should be of the same standing.

But as regarded his sister, he certainly would not be well pleased to see her marry a small squire with a small income..