He stood out to the last against the Union, wouldn't be bribed, and fought two duels with Castlereagh's bravoes.

The curious thing is that the present man is quite proud of that ancestor in a queer, inconsistent sort of way.

Says the only mark of distinction his family can boast of is that they didn't get a Union peerage.

Strange, isn't it ?' 'It is strange,' said Hyacinth.

'The Irish gentry of 1782 were men to be proud of; yet look at their descendants to-day.' 'It is very sad.