No one, except Mr.Shea, was sufficiently satisfied with his own share of the meeting to wish for more fame than was unavoidable.
As no further use was ever made of Mr.Shea's narrative, it may be presumed that the authorities regarded it as wanting in accuracy.
No blame, however, ought to be attached to the author for any petty deviation from the truth of which he may have been guilty.

No man's mind is perfectly clear on the morning after he has been struck on the head with a stone, and perhaps afterwards kicked twice in the stomach by a lady journalist.

Besides, all members of Parliament are, in virtue of their office, 'honourable gentlemen.' An excited and sympathetic nurse provided Hyacinth with copies of the four morning papers, which he read with interest and a good deal of amusement.

Only the account in the _Daily Independent_ caused him any uneasiness.

No doubt, as he fully recognised, the suggestion about the Trinity student was nothing but a wild guess on the part of the reporter.