Outwardly it was a tavern of the old class, superficially sedate, and called the Harp and Crown.

None save a very few conspirators knew how great a part it played in the plan to break the government of Ireland and to ruin England's position in the land.
The entrance was by two doors--one the ordinary public entrance, the other at the side of the house, which was on a corner.

This could be opened by a skeleton key owned by Erris Boyne.
He and Dyck entered, however, by the general entrance, because Boyne had forgotten his key.

They passed through the bar-parlour, nodding to one or two habitues, and presently were bestowed in a room, not large, but well furnished.

It was quiet and alluring on this day when the world seemed disconcerting.