He forgot what he had meant to say, floundered, attempted to pull himself together, and brought out the stale jest about providing each landlord with a single ticket to Holyhead.
'And that same,' said his original tormentor, 'would be cheaper than giving you a return ticket to London.' The audience was immensely tickled.

So far the entertainment, if not precisely novel, was better than anything they had hoped for, and everyone had an agreeable conviction that there was still something in the way of a sensation in store.

Perhaps it was eagerness for the expected climax which induced them to keep tolerably quiet during the remainder of Mr.O'Rourke's speech.

He set forth at some length the glorious achievements of his party in the past, and explained the opportunities of future usefulness which lay to be grasped if only the necessary funds were provided.

He sat down to make way, as he assured the audience, for certain tried and trusty soldiers of the cause who were waiting to propose important resolutions.